<p>Can anyone check my MIT Essay???</p>
<p>SURE, i will be glad to, PM me.
I need not use your essay (i got deferred in MIT EA,) because mine is too good for any other essay to take its place.</p>
<p>heck, ill help out too if you want. you can PM me as well.</p>
<p>I might as well post my questions here since it's a topic on essay:</p>
<p>Is it proper to use the acronym MIT on your essays? Also, is it okay to use contractions?</p>
<p>^^^^sure, you can.</p>
<p>u can PM me too. I'll read it for you.</p>
<p>You Can Send it to me at my email,
i got deferred EA'</p>
<p>Sure, PM me!
I already got in :)</p>
<p>sure pm me bro,</p>
<p>i can help :D</p>
<p>How many words are your essays? Is 717 words essay too long?</p>
<p>^they ask for approx. 500. my interviewer told me that they don't mind 500-600, but after that they are like "this kid doesn't know how to follow directions." it's not really "annoying," per say, but its a mental note the admissions officer will take. i cut mine from 750 to 620. trust me, its possible.</p>
<p>mine is around 720. I think its fine as long as its one page?</p>
<p>Mine was about 565, just naturally worked out that way thankfully</p>
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Is it proper to use the acronym MIT on your essays? Also, is it okay to use contractions?
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Please do use contractions! I don't know where people got the idea that contractions must be avoided like the devil in writing, but you'll find that they make your writing MUCH more natural-sounding, especially in a personal essay like the kind MIT wants. Just write the same way that you talk, and you'll come across more like a person than a list of scores and stats. </p>
<p>Plus, they cut down your word count. :)</p>
<p>^ 'they cut down your word count' means?</p>
<p>Means it helps you stay within word limits ^^</p>
<p>My additional essay is about 1000 words...I can't squeeze it anymore...Will that be okay??</p>
<p>I read (I think on here actually) that they really want you to be near the word limit (within 50-100 words on either side). So probably 1000 words is too much. My guess is you're giving too much background or just in general being verbose. I really don't know. Mine was 497 and I got in EA. I was happy with mine being short and to the point.</p>