<p>Hi!</p>
<p>I have been working on this essay for some time and I am having trouble condensing it to two or three paragraphs. Do you think the allocated space is enough for an applicant to express his/her desire to attend Bates and to explain why that school would be a match? </p>
<p>Of course, I can always write a short text with a one-sentence opening and a conclusion of the same length, but then my essays seems extremely simple and straighforward. No wit, no creativity, just simple informative sentences. Is this what I am supposed to write?</p>