<p>Well, UPenn allows either Common App or its own application, and I found a discrepancy between them: Common App Supplement allows the Short answer to be maximum 1000 characters while Penn App allows the Short answer to be maximum 300 characters. Wouldn't this be considered unfair because those who apply using Common App have an opportunity to elaborate more?</p>
<p>whoa. good point. i would stick with the penn application's character limit.</p>