Would it harm my application in any way if my personal statements combined were only 900 words? Does UC like to see longer statements…?
No. that’s not a big concern.
What’s the distribution of the word count between the two essays? You don’t want one essay to be too short.
@rdeng2614 450, 450
If you’ve said what you wanted to say, there is no need to pad it. It is likely to detract from your message. The readers may well bless you for being concise.
Should be fine.