<p>So.. how many? I'm curious because my Why Penn seems a little on the short side. It's about 3/4 a page.</p>
<p>CommonApp: ___ words
Why Penn: ___ words
Biography: ___ words</p>
<p>How many characters do you have left from your Professor short answer?</p>
<p>I have:
Commonapp: 925 words
Why Penn: 400 :/
Biography: N/A</p>
<p>i don't think it really matters how long it is. as long as your 3/4 page is engaging and provides a lot of information and details, they shouldn't care about the length! :]</p>
<p>My autobiography is 552 words... kind of long, but I really connected with that piece.
My Common App is 931 words.
My Why Penn isnt finished it, but it's already like 230 words and I'm not even close to being finished.
My professor essay is 240 words.</p>
<p>I dont think Penn really cares too much about length, they just want good content.</p>
<p>Common: around 896
Why Penn: around 887
Bio: didn't do, ahhh!</p>
<p>I figure that since my Common and Why Penn are so long, it can basically make up for my lack of pg 217. (Also Jacinda Ojeda, the admit director for my region, said it's "truly" optional because when Penn switched over to Common, they didn't want to totally get rid of the essay because there were some really interesting ones, but I feel like I've exhausted everything unique and interesting about me in my Common and Why Penn...)</p>
<p>I got a little desperate writing my Why Penn, because I had a lot to write and my introduction took forever, and I started slowly changing the font size by .5 to fit one page. Right now its Times New Roman size 10...</p>
<p>Commonapp: about 700
Why Penn: about 1400
Biography: 719</p>
<p>I just finished my Why Penn and it's 715 words, exactly a page single-spaced.
I'm a bit worried about its quality though... I like my autobio essay more.</p>
<p>Whoa, mine is</p>
<p>Common App: only 496 words
Why Penn?: 600 words</p>
<p>common app 800ish
why penn 1050 (is this too much???)</p>
<p>should i cut the why penn down? or just adjust the font to fit on a page?</p>
<p>I thought the standard was size 12 font. How do you guys manage to fit 1000 and so words into one page? 400 words for me is already about 3/4</p>
<p>Wow.... how do you guys manage to have 500+ words for the "Why Penn"?</p>
<p>My Why Duke is like 300 words, and my Why Penn was like 700 even though both schools have programs I'm really interested in (Health and Societies with a concentration in International Health at Penn, Cultural Anthropology at Duke).</p>
<p>Do you guys write these pieces creatively?</p>
<p>Hmm, my "Why X College" essays weren't as creative as, say, the autobiography essay or the personal statement, but I did write them as creative pieces as opposed to a blander format.
I don't know though, because colleges are looking for things unknown to me.</p>
<p>hmm, it just seems like 700~900 words is an overkill for a Why X school essay unless it had somewhat of a creative element.</p>
<p>I agree, Javous. I don't beat around the bush for Why X essays, I tell them exactly what interests me and that's it; there's no need to list every fact you can find about the school.</p>
<p>Common App: 519
Why Penn: 406
Bio: 310</p>
<p>I was very sweet and concise in my essays. I don't like to draw out my writing because that makes it dull and boring, I get to the point quickly but nicely.</p>
<p>^Actually I changed my mind, now there's 602 words in my Why Penn :)</p>