Short essay word length?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>How long should the “What interests/Why Brown?” and “Who interested you in Brown?” essays be?</p>

<p>The paper application form gives about 14 lines for the “what interests/why brown?” essay and 3 lines for the “who interested you in Brown?” essay, but the online application allows you 1500 characters for the first essay and 500 characters for the second.</p>

<p>I’m not trying to be overly scrupulous, but I would just like to know what the general range would be for these essays, since there seems to be a slight discrepancy between the paper and online forms of the Brown application.</p>

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<p>If I remember correctly, my son wrote a long paragraph-maybe 250 words tops. It is not supposed to be as long as the tell us something about yourself essay.</p>

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<p>1500 characters on the "why brown?" essay can give you a lot of room. i think that one is a little more telling about you than the "who interested you in brown?" essay.</p>

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<p>is there an "upload" word document option? because it seems that there isn'ta "hard" limit for the personal essay.</p>

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<p>Yes, for the personal essay there is. But "Why Brown?" and "Who interested you in Brown?" must fit the given spaces.</p>