<p>im applying online and with a bit of trouble over which SSAT to send, I can't get past page 1 or 2 (i forget).. </p>
<p>so will anyone kindly tell me how "limiting" (word/character count) the essay question is? (and i took this off the paper app, are one of the prompts about making a creative response to things like can you hear me now etc?)</p>
<p>Firstly I would try not to exceed 600 or so words, 500 is pushing it really. Try to fit your essay in the space provided.</p>
<p>Make sure your essay is GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT that is EXTREMELY important. </p>
<p>A few things you should consider to put in your essay:</p>
<p>Make sure that it will set you apart from everyone else, make sure that it is so unique that no one else will have a story like yours. </p>
<p>Try mentioning that you like the fact that Hotchkiss has an international head of school and you find that appealing because it offers "global perspectives" to the student body.</p>
<p>Try making your essay fun, and enlightening. </p>
<p>Try writing in grammatically correct well written english.
DO all of that and you should be fine. Good luck ! </p>
<p>they're both 95th overall, but has a lower verbal skill than the other. problem is i took the good one last schoolyear (january), though we called some schools and they said it was alright. </p>
<p>thanks for the advice, but is there a word count in the online app? I'm guessing it would be 3500 characters (which is the equivalent to around 500-600 words, I guess) but i don't want to write up a long, winding essay only to find i'll have to chop it down to like 1500 characters or something XD</p>