<p>My essay is over the 500 word limit. And so are my professor and ‘fun’ statements. If you apply online, does it limit this? Can you send the essays through mail?</p>
<p>i didnt think there was a word limit. the paper app says "do not exceed one page." i've only got 3/4 of a page on my why penn, but almost 600 words, and i'm not done yet.
But to address your question, i think that you simply attach a word document to the app, so i dont think it can limit your essay. </p>
<p>I think...</p>
<p>Is it bad that my 271 pg. essay will only be about 500 words. I basically introduced my little story, the situation, a message, and a conclusion (not that blatantly, but those are the things in my essay). It'll probably end up being only 500 words. Is this bad?</p>
<p>P.S.- I invested a lot of time into this (both writing and thinking), but I'm not entirely sure whether it is apparently, although I got good "reviews" from friends, but then again, they are friends and not adcoms lol.. I'll give this to my guidance counselor to look over, but she's not as critical as I would like her to be. Anyway, are the contents of my essay reasonable? 500 words are okay if I get my message across?</p>
<p>I don't think the professor or the 'fun' statements should be over 500 words. They only give 2 or 3 lines for it on the application. My counselor says that if your essay doesn't exceed 700 it should be fine.</p>
<p>for the 2 short answer questions, you have a max of 300 CHARACTERS on the online app.
thats like 3 lines.</p>
<p>KRabble88: you ought to be ok. 500 words of awesome-ness is better than 700 words of drivel.</p>
<p>What can we possibly fit in 300 characters? I'm having a hard time thinking about something to write about!</p>
<p>For my short answer I just wrote one packed sentence for each. I started with a paragraph of what I wanted to say and condensed each point to a few words.</p>
<p>i know, i had 301 or 302 about six times till i got it right.</p>
<p>my why penn essay is about 710 words now, single spaced arial 10, and i still have about 8 lines left (i'm still not done)...i should be ok as long as it isnt more than a page, right?</p>