<p>Is there a word limit? the Common Application will not let me upload my why duke essay.</p>
<p>no. Duke sets a guideline which should be listed on their supplement, I think it’s about 2 paragraphs or half a page. There’s no word limit though.</p>
<p>My son applied Duke ED and got in. He sent his why Duke (and all other materials) by mail. His Why Duke essay was 4 paragraphs with about 400 words if I remembered correctly.</p>
<p>Mine was 2 paragraphs, but they were long paragraphs (a little bit over a page total, double spaced)</p>
<p>My why duke essay was a list of 7 things and then 1 paragraph, it was about a page total.</p>
<p>My essay was a full page - 520 words</p>