<p>Hey everyone, I wrote a why duke essay just by having the PDF copy of Supplement A. I never did anything on the Common App until now...I went to the Common App and filled out the Duke Supplement A form. Everything went fine, until I got to the part where you have to copy your Why Duke? essay into the given text box.
It had this 1500 Character limit and that is like 280-300 words! I felt defeated just because I thought I had a good essay. It isn't like an incredibly long crazy 1000 word essay that some people have. </p>
<p>I swear that some of my good friends who applied ED had MUCH longer why duke essays than 300 words. Am I missing something???</p>
<p>can you simply put, "see attached" and attach your essay separately? that's what i have been doing for every college (i called the adcoms and they said it was fine as long as the essays weren't ridiculously long)</p>
<p>lol dally. I truly never thought of that and am honestly considering mailing it now or additional info...But, do you think that would be bad for my overall application??? If i didn't put it in the specific text box</p>
<p>I think if it's well-written, and not just rambling for 1000 words, then it shouldn't hurt your chances. I would probably mail it in separately... if you're worried, you could always call the Duke admissions people and ask them!</p>
<p>character count is different than word count.
i believe my essay was around 500 words, i think...but you have to count all your characters (words and spaces).</p>
<p>My Why Duke? essay was only one paragraph and a little over 300 words (the supplement said to limit the essay to one or two paragraphs) but it answered the question with enthusiasm! :D</p>