How long are the Essays supposed to be? How long was yours?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>I am filling out my Georgetown App right now, and I just came across the Short Answer and Essay question. It doesnt specifically tell me how many words its supposed to be.
The thing is, I have a perfect essay for the extracurricular section that I originally wrote for my common app essay. Its 728 words...
My Essay about myself is about 600 words. </p>

<p>Do you think its a little too long?</p>

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<p>how did u write 728 words on the extra curricular section? i thought the limit was 300 words or something on the common app??
anyways i think u should keep that short, and spend more time on the essays
and i think they said within a page for the essays?</p>

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<p>haha well my main essay for common app was kinda my extracurricular essay lol
but thanks</p>

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<p>one page single or double spaced?</p>

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<p>ao1313, my personal essay was around 800 words, while my activity essay was roughly 650 words (which came close to being too long.) They were also single-spaced, but in the end, you just paste it into the online box, so I’m not sure if that actually matters.</p>

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<p>its single haha
My extracurricular is longer than my real essay but i HATE cutting it down because it loses its impact haha
I guess if it doesnt tell me the lenght, I cant just do whatever haha</p>

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<p>I know people working in the admissions office that read the essays: they don’t want max length, they want engagement. Get a clue. Be interesting. Don’t be another essay in the stack.</p>

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<p>my personal statement was a page, ~600 pages. my extra curricular essay was the same as the one i used on the common app, so exactly 150 words. my “why georgetown” was only ~250-300 words. i thought that my “why georgetown” STUNK, but i got in ea, so do not stress. :)</p>

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<p>The way it works is that the top 10-15% of kids get in based on stats (SATs, rank, and etc.), so essays dont’ factor in that much, but if you’re not the 2400 and ranked 1/300 kid (not that perfect applicant), then your file goes to committee (which spends 10-15 reading your essays and reviewing your files), so that’s when the essays count!</p>

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<p>I got accepted EA and my short essay was around 300 words, while my “Why Georgetown?” essay was around 750-800 words. For the personal essay, I used my common app essay which was around 750 words.</p>