<p>how long are your first 2 essays?</p>
<p>Mine are pretty long...my Why Chicago is 391 words</p>
<p>My 2nd essay (artist) is 532 words.</p>
<p>mine are on the long side, 250 and 400 respectively.</p>
<p>240 and 170. I condensed mine.</p>
<p>337 for why chicago, 215 for the second.</p>
<p>6 and 7 sentences?
@_@</p>
<p>350 - why chicago and 200</p>
<p>like 420-ish and like 500-ish, respectively.</p>
<p>PHEW thanks anticatalyst...I really wanted mine to be good, so they're looong!</p>
<p>long = good? perhaps .....</p>
<p>short + efficient = good ... trust me</p>
<p>Exactly 656 for the first one and 810 for the second.</p>
<p>How can you stay under 500 words for the second topic?</p>
<p>I guess you only picked one thing? I picked two/three things and to be able to elaborate on them alone uses up 500 words. Add in a small intro and conclusion and mine's scraping 700 for the second.</p>
<p>"How can you stay under 500 words for the second topic?"</p>
<p>Hahaha, by blowing off the topic.</p>
<p>I couldn't pick, and my longer essay touched on a lot of my artistic/literary/etc. influences anyway, so I went on a rant about how rap and poetry are the same thing and kind of inserted Saul Williams, Martin Espada and Mr. Lif into it to answer the question...?</p>
<p>400 for the first one (3 paragraphs?)
and 250 for the second one (one paragraph).</p>
<p>I just wrote about "Salaam Bombay!" for the second one. I wasn't really worried about length, just wrote as much as I was inspired to write, really. Same for you; if your muse is urging you to write more, do so, and if not, it'll still be good as long as it's yours.</p>
<p>I'm just making sure I stay between 250 and 500 words. :P They may be closer to the 250 mark though.</p>
<p>ah. mr. lif. Great MC. Mo' Mega was a dope album. Good to know another hip hop head is applying to chicago. I thought I would have to ditch all my hip hop and join the indie rock bandwagon to fit in at chicago, haha.</p>
<p>"I thought I would have to ditch all my hip hop and join the indie rock bandwagon to fit in at chicago, haha."</p>
<p>Hahaha, I hope not. I promise if I get in you'll have at least one ally(!) That is, if you don't mind hanging out with white trash from Boston.</p>
<p>Why Chicago?: 188
Author - Richard Dawkins: 202</p>
<p>Short and sweet - they did say one or two paragraphs.</p>
<p>why chicago? 366
other one: 220</p>
<p>anticatalyst, ur from boston?
which town? im from allston</p>
<p>cool ...</p>