How long is YOUR commonapp essay?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Arghh. My Common App is 1,050 words. And I just can’t shorten it anymore. </p>

<p>It’s just really long. It flows, but it goes from a personal story of how the principle I live by was founded, and then the second half talks about how that principle has carried through my life and shaped me as a person. That’s just a long topic xD</p>

62

<p>Common App: 656
Yale Essay: 497 :P</p>

63

<p>i think they want people who can follow instructions. if you can’t, you don’t deserve an education</p>

64

<p>Common App: 550
Yale (current): 617 (obviously trying to abridge my essay out to 500 words)</p>

65

<p>My Common App essay was 937; guess where I’m attending now.</p>