<p>The app packet says one page but I saw from a prompt last year that the character limit is 6900. When we type it online, could we paste ~750 words (~two pages)?</p>
<p>Any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Is 750 words not one page? If your submitting the CommonApp, I would suggest obeying the character limit strictly.</p>
<p>This was confusing when I applied. First of all, I would always recommend attaching and not cutting/pasting. The formatting looks better. Second, I did one page single space, or 500-600 words. This seemed to work, as I was accepted. I wouldn’t push past the limit of a single spaced, 12 pt font 1 inch margin page, which is no more than 600 words.</p>
<p>Sometimes it’s better to make it even shorter- terseness is always appreciated by admissions officers. I didn’t use all the space for any of my essays, which schools might have thoughts was considerate (they have thousands of essays to read).</p>
<p>Excessive wordiness is never appreciated.</p>
<p>well it’s all how you interpret the word/character limit. For the Why Penn essay they said limit to one page, but had a large character limit. The character limit would have taken it way beyond one page. However, when I was writing my essay it was extremely long. I stayed under the character limit but it was more than one page. So I changed it to size 10 font and changed the margins so that it fit on one page. So technically it was one page and stayed within the character limit. </p>
<p>I was accepted to Wharton, so I guess it is all how you interpret the specifications. </p>
<p>However, if you plan on writing a novel, make sure it is excellent so the reader doesn’t get bored.</p>