Princeton's supplement - activities short answer

Colleges & Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>They give us 2000 characters. Seems way too much to me. Is it supposed to be more like an essay?</p>

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<p>I have the same question. It’s actually 2500 characters, so 400 words-ish? Seems like an essay to me.</p>

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<p>You mean the summer essay?</p>

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<p>Yes. Is it supposed to be an essay?</p>

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<p>It can be whatever you want it to be. I simply wrote mine in paragraph form. Don’t think too hard about this part of the application. All they want to see is what you’ve been doing outside of school during the summer.</p>

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<p>^ Agreed. Mine is in essay form, but it’s relatively straightforward.</p>

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<p>Did you guys fill up the entire space?</p>

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<p>Mine was 2400 characters long, so I pretty much used all the space.</p>

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<p>Peytoncline, did you get my PM?</p>