<p>I was under the impression that the Common Application could be any length, so I thought my 792 word essay was fine. But on my Tufts application, it says that my common application essay must be under 500 words.</p>
<p>Is anyone 100% positive they know what the length should be? If so thanks, because I don't want schools to think I'm purposely writing an essay that is over their length.</p>
<p>Unless the school specifically states one, there's no limit. Of course moderation is a good thing. Don't write something that's 1500 words.</p>
<p>There is no universal word limit for the Common App essay. Unless an individual school states or implies a word limit somehow, you will not be penalized for your word count.</p>
<p>The general rule of thumb I've heard is don't exceed two pages unless otherwise stated.</p>
<p>my commonapp essay ended up being like 1100 words....but i honestly couldnt cut it down. it would have lost a significant amount of meaning.
plus i wasnt being redundant or anything. so i think that it will only take like an extra minute or so to read my essay compared to a 800 word essay.</p>