<p>"What motivated you to apply to Rice University? Please limit your response to 200 words"</p>
<p>My response is just over 100 words. I have been told that the response itself is very good, but I am concerned in regards to the length of the response; is there an unspoken minimum?</p>
<p>I doubt it. I’m sure the admissions people will be delighted to read your shorter essay. Both my kids apps were shorter rather than longer.</p>
<p>Be as brief as you need to be. If 100 words gets your point across, more power to you. Adcoms generally dislike essays that are verbose for the sake of being so</p>
<p>Thank you for your replies! I really don’t want to add anything that isn’t necessary and I feel that adding to my response would be doing just that.</p>
<p>Awesome. Good luck with your application.</p>