<p>On the Common App, I understand that there are 2 questions that incoming freshmen have to answer. One question is about the major I'm choosing and the other is about the extracurricular activities I plan to join. It says "Write a brief essay (250 words maximum) in which you respond to the following questions." So this might be dumb, but plz bear with me. They mean 250 words max for BOTH essays, correct? not 250 words max for each essay?</p>
<p>I’m assuming </p>
<p>academics - 250 words
clubs, activities - 250 words</p>
<p>maybe admissions_daniel can respond to this one…</p>
<p>I am thinking it is 250 each. The only college I remember looking for 100 word answers was Tufts, and they had some interesting questions to answer.</p>
<p>BTW; Now JHU has a section of “essays that worked”. Great and worthwhile to read through including the adcom comments. (maybe it was there last year but I didnt see it.)</p>
<p>bump!! I need to be 100% sure about the length!</p>
<p>And yeah I checked out the JHU essays, they were very insightful.</p>
<p>if you need to be 100% sure - you are not going to get that answer on CC. Email your regional admissions person…</p>