Which essay is the most important?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rice University
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<p>...to the admissions committee? The commonapp essay or the supplemental essay?</p>

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<p>I don't think anyone but them could answer this, but it's probably neither. </p>

<p>Post # 20,001 for Rice forum. :D</p>

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<p>20,001!!!</p>

<p>They are both very important. I was chatting with an adcom on Rice's open campus day back in october and was telling him how I put a lot of effort on my common app essay and it came out a bit long, but it should be interesting. He said "But of course you're putting just as much effort into your supplement essay right?" I smiled and said "of course!" even though I hadn't started yet. So I got home and worked my a-- off on that supplement essay, and so should you. Do your BEST on both!</p>

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<p>Wait, the only "long" (about 300-400 words, right?) supplement essay for Rice is the "what perspective will you contribute..." one, right? And the "Why Rice" essay can only be a paragraph...?</p>

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<p>Yes, the only "long" essay is the "Why Rice" one. It should be up to two-pages in length, double-spaced.</p>

<p>The "school of choice" essay (in my case, "Why Engineering") can also be fairly long (mine was exactly 3 paragraphs, filled up one page), though I'm not sure what the guidelines said on the supplement.</p>

<p>The "Why Rice" essay should be one big paragraph, or you can organize it into 2 or 3 little ones as long as you don't go over the word limit by too much (more than 10% is too much).</p>

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<p>uhh... Beef kinda messed up his post, I think. Really just the 1st sentence...</p>

<p>He means:</p>

<p>"perspective... contribute" essay prompt = long</p>

<p>School of Choice = short-ish (1-3 paragraphs)</p>

<p>"Why Rice" = short (probably 1 paragraph)</p>

<p>Just look at the word/character guidelines.</p>

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<p>Well I've already submitted... and here's what I have:</p>

<p>Perspective: 3 paragraphs
School of choice: 1 paragraph
Why Rice: 1 paragraph</p>

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<p>Yes, I messed up my post! Sorry. Thanks for catching that, reid! I know what I meant, but didn't write it that way.</p>

<p>Reid and ceebee are right. Ignore the first line of my post :)</p>