<p>It says to limit the personal essay to 250-500 word or 1-2 pages. This is sort of confusing because the essay I want to use is currently about 800 words, though it is just over 1 page single spaced. Were they thinking 1-2 pages double spaced? This is probably really obvious, and I should just majorly modify my essay to make it 500, but I would rather not. I'm wondering how literal that "or" is.</p>
<p>i think it's double spaced.</p>
<p>They prefer that we adhere to the word count, but of course that doesn't mean it has to be exactly 500 words. I believe that the 1 to 2 page specification is referring to font/spacing, which they said is left entirely up to the applicant. At least that is what I was told when I called the admissions office. I don't think it would hurt you if you exceeded the count a little bit, but I think 800 words is definitely too long.</p>
<p>so are we supposed to double space or no?</p>
<p>you can if you want</p>