<p>What is the recommended length for the Northwestern Supplement essay (why Northwestern essay)?</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s an official one. A lot of people like to shoot for around 500. Mine was somewhere around 650. I would definitely stay below 1000, especially if the Common App essay is longish… Just make sure it says everything it needs to say without too much fluff, and it should be fine.</p>
<p>Mine’s 307… I’d imagine 250-500 words is a good range not just for the NU supplement, but for a lot of schools.</p>
<p>Mine’s 820 words, but none of it’s padding. I just had a few different but important reasons that needed elaboration.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter how long it is as long as it can fit in a page and they can read it. Mine’s ~800</p>