<p>how long should the short answer be?</p>
<p>As my history professor once said - it should be like a skirt - long enough to cover anything but short enough to keep things interesting.</p>
<p>Mine was only a paragraph.</p>
<p>I filled the space aloltted space, about 240 words. I figured that since most schools make the "why you want to go here" essay for the main essay I'd fill it. Was pretty easy since I actually want to go to BU, haha. My entire Villanova essay was similar, but it came out horrible because its 600 words and was starting to drag.</p>
<p>you mean how short should it be?</p>
<p>i remember mine was about 3-4 sentences. say what you need to say, then end it.</p>
<p>that's awesome. Did you get in?</p>
<p>yeah i got in.</p>
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