<p>common app says 250; duke says a couple of paragraphs....... mines coming out to be 427 words..... should i shorten it?</p>
<p>Mine was a little under 350, I don't think there's an official restriction, just what feels good and isn't excessive, I think you're fine if you like it the way it is</p>
<p>mine was 261</p>
<p>mine was 251</p>
<p>mine was 254, but if you are applying online the limit is 1500 characters with spaces</p>
<p>450 of goodness...</p>
<p>The admissions office just doesn't want three pages, they won't mind if its a couple hundred words over, just dont let it exceed one page.</p>