<p>Quick question:</p>
<p>How long were your essays and short responses (most meaningful activity and the personal statement)? Just wondering how large I can make my responses.</p>
<p>Bump...would really appreciate some assistance with this.</p>
<p>Within the word limit, barely.</p>
<p>They obviously won't pull out the word counter to judge exactly how long your essay is, but as a rule, the shorter, the better. Nobody's impressed by the fact that you can string 750 words together coherently, but they WILL be impressed if you compact that essay into 250 words.</p>
<p>It probably depends. My personal statement was about 750 words and my short answer was close to 300, but that was after cutting both down significantly. Use your own discretion; you should try to stay within the limits they give you - that's why they're there - but if you have to exceed them, I wouldn't make the personal statement anymore than two pages (double-spaced) or the short answer much more than one half or three-quarters of a page. But, of course, it all depends on what you have to say.</p>
<p>Hmm thats fine then. My short answer is 212 words and my personal statement should be ~500-600 words.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses.</p>