<p>mine is about 526 and 445. I was worried about the second one. but looking at you guys, i am relieved. it is a bad thing to say .. but thanks for writing 700 word essays.</p>
<p>talking about no. of words. i remember my friend who is applying to Stanford .
The essay topic was "a picture is worth a thousand words" and he spent so much time to make the word no. exactly 1000. Even in the limited space, he managed to do this by using smaller words and destroying everything that was good in the essay....When i asked him " do they really count the word no." he replied " look at the question man, i will be rejected if i don't make it 1000"....</p>
<p>1000 is FREAKIN A LOT.... well compared to 500 common app!</p>