<p>Hey guys would you say 1200 words is a lot for a supplement essay?</p>
<p>That’s quite a lot on the long side.</p>
<p>Anyone wanna mention their supplement lengths just for some comparisons?</p>
<p>it was suggested to me it should be 500 - 650 words long.</p>
<p>@nomatterwhat, thanks, who suggested that? And are you submitting one?</p>
<p>I wish 1200 words were acceptable @Karabekian . I get so caught up in my writing that I spill over with my words!</p>
<p>Yeah thank you @notjoe …let’s just hope for the best since there isn’t anything that I can do now!
(Apart from making a good impression at the interview)
Btw I didn’t write a supplement essay, is that a reason for me to freak out?
I had basically written all the information I needed to in my application ( universal college app)!
I did write a paragraph in the additional info section giving more details about myself!</p>
<p>@PcollegegirlP,</p>
<p>I’d say there are very few good reasons to freak out about your college applications. At this level, you really can’t count on getting into any particular school. If you did your best with your application, then don’t sweat the rest of it.</p>
<p>I suspect there are folks who are admitted who submit the supplemental essay, and those admitted who don’t. The question is, did you application say about you what you needed to say about you?</p>
<p>@notjoe yeah I didn’t really have anything else to say about myself.
I’d been working on my essay for over 3 months and made lot of corrections and added everything necessary!
And any detail that I didn’t add, I put it in the additional info section! Plus I did write the extracurricular stuff!
Other than that I didn’t really have anything else important to say… 
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<p>I’m doing a supplement essay, even though what I write in there is not all that important.
Since there is no official word limit, 1200 would be fine, as long as it’s a good essay. But in general, I’ve heard it’s better to have it under 650. People don’t like to read long essays, esp. when they have to read that many. </p>
<p>^^ I don’t agree that “1200 is fine’ as long as…”. It used to be that 500 was the accepted standard but 650 is probably more like it given the new Common App maximum. 1200 is overly excessive. They are not looking for a treatise, so editing and writing concisely are critical skills if you’re finding yourself way over the 650.</p>
<p>Edit, it’s now more like 1,100</p>
<p>solid improvement. </p>
<p>@Karabekian,</p>
<p>“I would have written you a shorter letter, but I didn’t have the time.”</p>
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<li>Attributed to several writers.</li>
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<p>In college essays, less is more. Most reasonably-bright applicants can clearly communicate something worthwhile in a thousand or 1500 hundred words. It’s not that tough. But brevity is the soul of wit, and a sharply-written 500 words will beat brainless any 1500 words - or, in this case, 1100 words, every day of the week.</p>
<p>I suggest that you keep editing.</p>
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You’re halfway there. :)</p>
<p>taking the SAT subject tests is now optional right? my counselor told me it was so I didn’t take it but now I’m reading this page and a bunch of people are talking abt it :-/ </p>
<p>It depends on the schools you apply to, @lemons4life. Some schools require them.</p>
<p>Submitting my application this afternoon! :D</p>
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Yes, but the change in policy is primarily aimed at disadvantaged families who cannot afford the testing or who do not have access to counselors to adequately advise them. See more [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1652487-harvard-loosens-subject-test-requirement.html]here.[/url”>Harvard "Loosens" Subject Test Requirement - Applying to College - College Confidential Forums]here.[/url</a>]</p>
<p>As most Harvard applicants will also be applying to schools that still require subject tests, there really is no change.</p>
<p>I submitted my application a couple of days ago and sent my SAT scores last night. I live in Toronto, so when do you guys think an interviewer will contact me?</p>
<p>Submitted, I’d like to know as well. I’m not all that eager to be interviewed, though.</p>