Short Answer

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>Exactly how long is it? Printed out PDF looks like they shortened it from a few years ago but this may just be on paper version? Any idea how many words?</p>

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<p>1000 characters is the limit.</p>

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<p>Including spaces. But be sure to “print preview” before submitting. Sometimes even 1000-character answers get cut off due to a ridiculous glitch of the Common App.</p>

<p><a href=“Common Application Users Find Glitch In Common, Too - The New York Times”>Common Application Users Find Glitch In Common, Too - The New York Times;

<p>"A capital W takes up 10 times the space of a period. . . . If a student writes 163 characters that include lots of Ws and m’s and g’s and capital letters, their 163 characters are going to take many more inches of space than someone who uses lots of I’s and commas and periods and spaces.”</p>

<p>Print preview is your friend.</p>

<p>Good luck with your applications!</p>