<p>I'm thinking I'll make my transfer prompt 400 words, and the general 600. I'm going to brainstorm until August 6th and write them in between August 7th and 13th. My fall semester starts on the 17th.</p>
<p>How about you?</p>
<p>My first one was 509 words and the second was 489. I also decided to respond to the third one - 425.</p>
<p>Third one?</p>
<p>We’re only required to do the one where we explain why we chose/like our major and what experience we have with it and the one where we talk about a personal achievement, right? Never heard of the third one.</p>
<p>350 words and 270 words, give or take a few. The length literally does not matter at all. They’re looking for well-structured essays and are hoping for some sort of original story or pattern to your life. If you don’t have one, then just make sure that you write well.</p>
<p>you guys are writing your essays for application this year? early?</p>
<p>Those are my essay lengths from last Fall, but the prompts don’t change for years at a time. If you’re referring to the OP’s initiative, no, most people do not start their prompts anywhere near now (I didn’t start mine until October). He’ll have plenty of time to get feedback though.</p>
<p>I wrote all of mine on November 28-29 lol. Long night.</p>
<p>those prompts are so easy. i can write that the day i submit my application & polish it in the same day.</p>
<p>I wrote ~400 words on the prompt regarding my intended major and ~600 words on the other one. I don’t think they even look at it, though it is a good idea to write and revise them ahead of time.</p>
<p>I’m going to start working on it as soon as summers session is over.</p>
<p>Hey, Hayward…you go to Chabot College?</p>
<p>First time I spent tons of time on it and rewrote them a few times, despite having started 3 or so days before it was due. See, I hadn’t originally planned to apply that year. The second time, I read my essays, tweaked the second one and created a new first one. :)</p>
<p>"PsychBruin2012
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<p>Hey, Hayward…you go to Chabot College?"</p>
<p>Yes, I do.</p>
<p>I go to Chabot as well! Good luck on applying :]</p>
<p>The third one is optional and you can use it to explain parts of your academic history that might be “suspect” (for lack of a better word). I also wrote my essays the day the application was due. I thought they were decent at the time, but looking back at them I’m pretty sure I could have written something much better if I only had given myself time to sort through my thoughts and revise (although I did revise the ones I wrote three times or so). I don’t remember exactly how long they were – but I remember they were each cutting pretty close to the 500 word limit. Fortunately, the schools I applied to don’t read essays (although I didn’t know that at the time I applied), so it didn’t really matter in the end, heh.</p>
<p>major: 537
personal: 437
total: 974</p>
<p>Be concise and use powerful worlds. Be humble but confident. Show that you have a path and a direction and that your experiences helped get you there. This is like the cover letter to a resume. Give them a reason to hire you as a college student at their university for their particular major.</p>
<p>over 9000 . . .</p>