<p>Is there an average or appropriate length for the common app personal statement? The website specifies that it should exceed 250 words, but doesn't provide an upper bound. </p>
<p>I'm interested in applying to Penn, Stanford, Brown, Dartmouth, Amherst, Chicago, and a few others (if that makes a difference.) </p>
<p>Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>When I applied for first year admissions, I just had a page (10-12 pt font times or arial) 1.5 spaced. Just don’t make it look verbose (aka tiny font with basically no margins) and you will be fine. I think for all of those college ( check to make sure though) that you have supplement essays, so if you feel the need to elaborate even more on your commonapp essay, do it there.</p>
<p>best of luck!</p>
<p>Great-- Thank you for the help.</p>