Ok, I looked everywhere on the official UT Austin website and cannot find the word limit on UT Austin essays. Does anyone know? I don’t want any speculation.
Generally it’s around 650 words if it doesn’t specify so in that ballpark (600-700~)
Thanks @rdeng2614 ! But is it 650 words per question, or 650 words total? There were 2 questions. Also, where did you find this information? sorry I am being more cautious here so that I don’t mess up my application
Take my advice with a grain of salt.
Actually, I found this online and on the bottom it says 1000 characters for the 2 essays.
https://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/plan2/admission/application/prompts.php
So I think that is more accurate than I had said previously. See for yourself.
“Actually, I found this online and on the bottom it says 1000 characters for the 2 essays.”
Delete that line. Just see what you can find. I think the personal statement is 1000 characters.
Many people online have said that it is 120 lines (80 characters for each line) and I don’t know what that means.
Maybe wait until someone knowledgable gives you an answer but generally essays that don’t list word count are around 600 words ish.
Some of my essays I’m writing right now don’t have any word limits and they range from 500 to 600 words. I would take the 500-700 as a general guideline as it shouldn’t be too far off.
Have you contacted Admissions to ask them? Their answer would be more accurate than someone here on CC.
That’s a good question. My essays are around 500-600 words. My English professor at my local community college said that anything But idk. I would think if its over that, look at your essay and see if you are repetitive or redundant, or if you started listing. over 750 words becomes too arduous to read for the admissions panel. I guess they get bored with your life lol.
“If you are submitting your essay online, it must be no longer than 120 eighty-character lines of text (including spaces and blank lines).”
https://www.applytexas.org/adappc/html/preview16/frs_essay.html
If you are using Word, you can look at Properties for a character count (including spaces). Maybe take an old essay you have written and test it out in the essay box in ApplyTexas. You can then delete it out. No reason you can’t start your application now. It is open.