<p>For those who have started the supplement (or those who give good advice), how long is your main essay?</p>
<p>The minimum is 250, but mine will probably be hovering around the 550 mark once cut down. Am I overdoing it, or is this within reason since there's no stated maximum?</p>
<p>Mine was about 610, 500 is more a guide. Don’t panic, the 500 mark is to keep you from rambling.</p>
<p>Okay, good.</p>
<p>I’m at about 660 right now, but it’s definitely not a rambler. Right now I’m feeling way too lazy to cut it down any more though.</p>
<p>660 is still a bit on the long side, and for fear of sounding hypocritical, I’d try slashing a paragraph or a couple sentences here and there. Just my two cents.</p>
<p>Will do. I’ll cut off some of the extra fat at some point.</p>
<p>a good guide is to avoid anything over 2 pages.</p>
<p>try to keep it to the required amt as much as possible…if it’s too long, admissions might not even read it!</p>
<p>just pulled out my d’s essay she submitted last year. her essay was 2 1/2 pages long. Not sure of the word count. The length is a bit deceiving because it contains dialogue where there may have been only 1 word per line. Have some one else read it (trusted English teachers are great and honest). Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>Gymmom2007</p>