<p>I'm currently using the common application, and my essay is currently 834 words long. Is that too long? What is the average amount of words that are used?</p>
<p>Nope, that’s not too long. There’s really no word limit on the Common App essay, as long as it isn’t a ridiculous length.</p>
<p>ya I would keep it to less than 2 pages, and around 1000 characters
Though there usually are not length requirements, an admissions officer wants to be impressed with your intro, if you don’t do that, well the rest of your essay may be disregarded.
hope this helped:)</p>
<p>really?!? people say no more than 500 words. i have it at 750 and i’ve been trying to cut it down.</p>