<p>Hey guys, I sent an inquiry e-mail to Yale a few days ago,
and the following is what I've got.</p>
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<p>Hello;</p>
<p>I would like to ask a question regarding Yale's policy for personal
statement.</p>
<p>First, I do acknowledge that the supplement essay to Yale should be
around 500 words, and have read the FAQ which read :
" But if your essays are much longer than 500 words,
understand that you will not help yourself by seeming to have ignored our request."</p>
<p>I am, however, not really sure about the common application essay,
since the Commona application does not indicate specific maximum
words or limits.
(I have heard that they have recently removed the words limits.)</p>
<p>Should I also limit my CommonApp Essay to around 500 words?</p>
<p>I would look forward to your reply.
Thank you.</p>
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<p>Hello,</p>
<p>Please keep your personal statement essay to around 500 words.</p>
<p>This is not official. It's from a Yale student who applied back when the common application had a limit of 500 words. It's just some kid who likely just typed an answer that he remembers from back in his days, not a real answer from the admissions office on a technical issue. </p>
<p>Ask an actual admissions officer, not through their student question email.</p>
<p>HAHAHA! That comic is so true. I've had that experience many times where I've spent a half an hour on the wording of an email to a teacher and he responds w/ a one word answer.</p>
<p>for the common app personal essay, it says approx. 500.. so that's (in my opinion) 500-700 words.. no more than 700, but no less than 500 (mine's 600, which is a healthy number for the common app essay)</p>
<p>for yales supplemental essay, they say fewer than 500.. so no more than 500 but no less than 425, i'd say... mine is 499, so i definitely took the limit literally just below 500 works</p>