<p>What is the maximum length for the National Merit Scholarship essay? I can't find that information online.</p>
<p>@acamar It is around 300 words. You have to upload a copy and then preview it. Where the preview window shows red will be cutoff so you have to keep it short enough to end before the red zone.</p>
<p>If you want to edit off line you can delete it and go back later to reenter it.</p>
<p>Actually, quite a bit more than 300 words will fit in that space. I spoke with someone at the NMS office yesterday. He said that you can write as much as will fit in the white space. He suggested using single-spaced size 11 font. We tried that with my son’s first draft, which was 759 words. That was 21 words too long. We’ve trimmed my son’s essay to fit.</p>