<p>NU's supplement essay (Topic: Why NU?) has no max or limit on words or characters. I was wondering, how long should I make this to be?</p>
<p>My Common App essay is between 520-550 words, but as of this moment, the supplement is around 560-580 words. Is it okay to have a lengthy supplement essay if they don't specify its length?</p>
<p>it is best to write around 500-700 words. I mean heck, you expect those admission counselors to read 3 pages of writing ~ 2k words? Sure, your writing might be awesome, but if I were them, just finding out that you write 3 pages on a subject would make me not want to read it – especially when I have thousands of others to read.</p>
<p>I was wondering about this as well, b/c when an admissions counselor came to visit my school, he said “2 Paragraphs” and I was blown away. I had already written 600 words and now I am at a loss…</p>
<p>I only have 379 :)</p>
<p>Do they want us to get straight to the point?</p>
<p>I have an intro and conclusion that go well together, should I just toss them aside and keep the key reasons?</p>
<p>How i wrote these small essays was start with some descriptive stuff: "The professor of the class i visited had a shock of white hair and seemed to be able to spin physics out of his mouth like poetry. blah blah the fall leaves blah blah.</p>
<p>Then link them to some more abstract stuff “I just realized that NU was the right school for me. Why wouldn’t i love to go to a school with top faculty, friendly students, etc”</p>
<p>my two cents</p>