<p>How long shold the main essay be? The examples shown in some of the books (e.x. Michele Hernandez's book) I read are all around 1000 words. Are they too long?</p>
<p>Most colleges want about 500. 550 isn't an automatic rejection by any means, but 1000 is just too much to read.</p>
<p>Some applications will actually truncate extra words, so beware.</p>
<p>Thanks, SES. Anyone else?</p>