<p>Well, the prompt says the responses should be at least 250 words, which is the same as the Common Application Essays' minimum length. Does that mean I should aim for a similar length with each of the so-called 'short' essays? Or should I actually cap it at 250 words?</p>
<p>^If I remember correctly, there’s also a strict character limit for each Stanford short essay (~1800 characters including spaces). The ideal essay length should be between 250 words and that 1800 character restriction).</p>
<p>Good luck w/ your essays. :)</p>
<p>*Also, I think 250 words for the CommonApp essay may be a bit short. Most are usually around 500-750 words in length.</p>
<p>hi, is the stanford supplement already up on the website? i couldn’t seem to find it on the commonapp supplements link?</p>
<p>^ yup, it’s already up. if you’ve already added Stanford in “my colleges” then it should bring it up if you just click on Stanford Supplement.</p>
<p>250 words is definitely too short for your commonapp essay. You can’t say much about yourself in 250 words. I can’t remember how long my supplement essay was but I remember having to shorten mine to fit within the character limit.</p>