<p>music (flute)</p>
<p>Hey guys, how long did you write about it? I realized the common app doesn't give much space to this answer, but you can always have an addition page. So did you guys write a 100ish or 300ish essay?</p>
<p>i wrote 500. that's usually the common length. not too long and not too short.</p>
<p>500? Ok, everybody else's essay is about 500 words, too?</p>
<p>I wrote one 500 but I don't think you are supposed to</p>
<p>Mine's 250....I figured since 500 is the length of the typical full essay, and this is only a short answer, 250 would be the right length....</p>
<p>500? Are you guys crazy? It's a short answer...If you have to attach an extra sheet to briefly explain how an activity is important to you, then you should really re-examine what you've written and take out all the fluff....thats just my opinion...</p>
<p>school newspaper/ journalism in general</p>
<p>and wait, about the length, the common app seems to have said 150 words...</p>
<p>honestly, 250 sounds reasonable to me for a short answer. Actually I'm very passionate about my most meaninful EC so it doesn't matter if I gotta write it real long. I'm just not sure a 500-word essay is what the adcoms are looking for here.</p>
<p>The common app webpage only allows you to have 150 words. My question is do they look at something so short as a writing sample, or just as an informative paragraph?</p>
<p>i had 146..i didnt wanna go overboard with this one cuz my essay is 850 words..or more i think..</p>
<p>probably more for informative purposes, but it might be nice to show that you can still write well in so few words.</p>
<p>oh i think some of us are mistaken. you meant the one on the common app? that i wrote 4 lines. i wrote a 500 one as the additional essay.</p>
<p>wait the common app has ONE personal essay (250-500 wds), and then one short answer question about most meaningful activity (150-250 wds). Are we allowed any more than that?</p>
<p>any more words than that? probably a couple more wouldn't be so obvious, but if it's significantly more, then the college admissions officers would feel peeved that instructions weren't followed.</p>
<p>actually, i just checked the common app again. </p>
<p>this is exactly what they say:</p>
<p>In the space provided below, please describe which of these activities (extracurricular and personal activities or work experience) has had the most meaning for you and why (150 words or fewer).</p>
<p>so no more than 150 words.</p>
<p>Football and <150 word for me</p>