<p>2500 characters is a ton of space...</p>
<p>Just write as much as you feel necessary. Mine wound up being 2000 characters without spaces, 2400 with spaces. It just depends on how much you have to say</p>
<p>Mine ended up being about 350 words, a bit under 2000 characters. I made mine into a relaxed essay. It had an intro and then two paragraphs, one for each summer. It’s really up to you if you want to make it into a formal essay or just a casual paragraph. If you didn’t do much over your summer to write a lot, try adding some interesting details about what you did do. Don’t feel obligated to fill those 2400 characters, though. They just want to make sure you have enough space!</p>
<p>I only found out on CC after turning in my application that most people took the summer experience opportunity to write an additional essay. I literally wrote two lines, which were copied and pasted from my resume. I felt like I’d already explained my activities on the Michele Hernandez-style resume I’d attached to the Common App and in my supplemental essay, so why waste their time?</p>
<p>I used every single character available to me. I usually have more trouble fitting all my thoughts in that making them long enough. I would say that it doesnt matter if you don’t use all the characters as long as you get your point across</p>
<p>Mine was about 1800 characters :)</p>