<p>The limit is 4800 characters, but would they look down on an essay that was only in the 3800-4000 character range, but made an excellent point in a clear and succinct way? I'm just looking at my essay now, and I feel like if I add on any more it'll dilute its meaning.</p>
<p>yeah thats a huge amount of characters, mine was only 500-600 words</p>
<p>ive told this story like a thousand times recently lol, but i think its so awesme</p>
<p>at some point,stanfords had something like "describe yourself in three words or less"</p>
<p>and this kid used concise</p>
<p>...bloody brilliant. moral of the story: just be yourself. as few or as many words as it takes.</p>
<p>My essay had around 600 words... 3600 characters?... anyhoo, when I print-previewed, it fit PERFECTLY in the space provided on the page.</p>
<p>On the other hand, my short essays were 1595, 1585, and 1488 characters... nearing the 1600, 1600, 1500 limits... they went entirely out of the box on the print-preview PDF.</p>
<p>Just a frame of reference :)</p>
<p>i hate apps, ive never heard that story before. that was magic. thank you.</p>
<p>actually, contradicting your story, I read that Stanford ppl got sick of answers like, "concise," frankly because that is just being smaht and doesn't tell anything about the applicant.</p>
<p>that wasnt really my point - i wasnt telling anyone to use the concise thing...i was just saying that length of the essay doesnt matter...</p>
<p>don't be smaht, shark, if its not who you are. just be your usual smart self. again, without letting word number get in the way.</p>
<p>that was my point.</p>