Max Number

College Essays
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<p>what is the max number of words for the common app essay? all it has is the minimum..........</p>

2

<p>I'm wondering the same thing...mine's at 752 words.</p>

3

<p>mine is like 1500.....</p>

4

<p>I guess there isn't a limit.............</p>

5

<p>holy crap. 1,000 words, that's like a novel</p>

6

<p>Mine so far (with some revisions and what not) is 2782 characters & 628 words.</p>

7

<p>1000 words is not that large...its like 1.5 pages, I think thats completly reasonable for such an important essay. Its pretty hard to express anything or tell a story in like .5 pages...</p>

8

<p>Don't feel bad about the length of your essay, mine is 2417 words long.</p>

9

<p>I thought the common application essay is supposed to be about 500 words. :S</p>

10

<p>Make it now 676. Anyone care to read?</p>

11

<p>In the Princeton Supplement, they say, "In addition to the 500-word essay you must write for the common app, we require..." So I suppose 500 words is ideal. 600 - 700 is probably acceptable though.</p>

12

<p>It should be no more than one page single spaced so 500-700 words are within limit.</p>