<p>Hey Guys!</p>
<p>On the supplement, where they ask you to describe why you applied to a certain college (i.e. Engineering, Natural Sciences, Music, etc.) it gives you a 7900 character limit, which is A LOT.</p>
<p>Question: How long do they expect the answer to be? Mine is about 300 words or 2,000 characters... is this too short? I don't know what else I can say; I'd just be rambling.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Actually, it's 400 words, ~2500 characters.</p>
<p>Thanks again! :)</p>
<p>yea i was about to post a topic on this too. i dont think i can write any more than 150...</p>
<p>Are you doing it online? There is just a limited amount of space on the paper version, and I don't think I will be able to write that much.</p>
<p>yea online. how much space is there on the paper version</p>
<p>Umm...eleven lines.</p>
<p>thats as much as the why rice one so i guess 20 words is fine</p>
<p>Yeah I wrote just over 150 words for that one.</p>
<p>How long are you all making your "Why Rice?" essay?</p>
<p>That one will be substantially longer, I think they are looking for 2-3 pages there. It will be tough for me to write though; maybe if I wait until after I visit in December it will become easier.</p>
<p>Nevermind about the "Why Rice?" essay. It says no more than 200 words. The diversity essay is the one that is two to three pages.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, my bad, for some reason I thought yeahallie was talking about the diversity one.</p>
<p>what did u guys write for this essay. im stuck at 50 words</p>
<p>My essay was about 800 words, because I copied it from carnegie mellon's, which wanted a page.</p>
<p>Hopefully it didn't say:
"And this is why I want to attend Carnegie Mellon's department of Engineering."</p>
<p>ROFL that's funny :)</p>
<p>Oh, I sure hope you didn't do that though!</p>
<p>Should the "Diversity Essay" really be that long? I sort-of assumed that it should be about the same length as the common app essay. That is: 500-words or so. Otherwise, wouldn't the admissions officers get bored reading it and stop?</p>