<p>Wait, the common app personal essay was supposed to be under 500 words?</p>
<p>There was no word limit.</p>
<p>Mine was 573 words =)</p>
<p>mine was 644......</p>
<p>There was no limit, mine was 525.</p>
<p>General guidelines people post here appear to be 500-750, although there are plenty of people (including myself) who were >1000 and still accepted to elite schools EA/ED. Depends on the school you're applying to and what your essay is about, I'd imagine.</p>
<p>yeah, the 500 word limit is an unspoken limit. So really, it's not necessary to follow it. I had 650 words myself. I highly doubt it'll matter how long it is within reasonable range</p>
<p>Mine was 700. Hope that's alright. It's too late now.</p>
<p>it can be within a few hundred words.</p>
<p>mine was about 600 words... of crap :(</p>
<p>in general under 1,000 is fine. it really depends on how good the essay is though. any essay that reads smoothly and quickly is fine.</p>