whats a good word limit for the common app esay?

College Essays
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<p>I have about 1400 words for my common application essay.
Will that tick off admission officers?</p>

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<p>yes 10 chars</p>

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<p>ok thanks, but whats 10 chars? its not 10 characters....</p>

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<p>wat means 10 chars??</p>

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<p>That seems kind of long to me. I would think you would be able to cut out some unnecessary material.</p>

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<p>About 700 is fine. So if you cut the essay in half...</p>

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<p>haha oh dear...
is anyone out there willing to read it over and give me any advice on reducing it?</p>

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<p>There's some advice here: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-essays/25018-editing-your-college-essays.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-essays/25018-editing-your-college-essays.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks for that, birdhouse! I've just printed it. :)</p>

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<p>When I saw the topic, I was thinking 700 words. 600-800</p>