<p>For the Stanford Supplement Short Essays, it states:</p>
<p>"Candidates must respond to all three questions/topics. Responses must be at least 250 words but should not exceed the space provided in the Supplement."</p>
<p>So is that at least 250 words for each question or is that 250 words total? I mean, is the amount of space left in the supplement enough for answering each question with 250 words?</p>
<p>250 words for each.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>NO Don't listen. he's wrong.</p>
<p>It means at least 250 words, but not more than 1,800 characters.</p>
<p>and that it fits int he PDF view.</p>
<p>^listen to sadface. he's right.</p>
<p>What? Mine were at least 250 words each, sometimes more, and each was fewer than 1800 characters. How is what the other poster said wrong?</p>
<p>tennisfan said only 250 words each. (implying that that is the max length; he also failed to mention the 1,800 characters limit)</p>
<p>Oh gosh, what exactly is a "character"?
So you guys means AT LEAST 250 words for each then, right?</p>
<p>Yes, at least 250 words. That's what I meant with my first post, as I was responding to: "So is that at least 250 words for each question or is that 250 words total?" Sorry if I made that unclear.</p>
<p>A character is any typed unit, whether it be a letter, space, symbol, or number. For example, "$asd.N " contains 7 characters.</p>
<p>"C" is a character</p>
<p>"two" is three characters
"apple" is five characters.
"..." is 3 characters</p>
<p>"Sorry if I made that unclear."</p>
<p>That's okay. Thank you for responding.
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<p>I indented my essays. The coding for submission ensures that each line begins with a character. So, it eliminates the indentation. I inserted the invisible zero length Unicode character and then 5 spaces. My indentations were preserved. Do you think that they will even notice?</p>