Word Limit is wierd.... 5 lines on the NYU APp and 850 characters on Common APp

<p>Anyone notice.... The common app supplemental says 850 characters which is about 130 words and the regular app says like 5 lines on their page which is like 75 words.
which one should we follow?</p>

<p>way to go MIT...:) some math involved there :) who cares...just write as much as you want....others got in here even when their essays were longer than 500 and when their short answers exceeded 5 lines or whatever...</p>

<p>but obviously it doesn't always work for i got a rejection letter :)</p>

<p>MIT - you should follow whichever application you are using. However, they aren't very strict about the word limit.</p>

<p>The people that got accepted... what application did you use and what was the word count?</p>

<p>I used the NYU app. Mine were 85, 95, 65 and 64. I got in. I wrote super tiny for it, though.</p>

<p>anyone else...</p>

<p>my suplements all fit iwthin 5 lines, they were rather choppy senetences and many word errors because i didnt feel like checking it over, my essay exceeded 900 words.</p>

<p>NYU app
PS: 62, 101, 145, 113
Essay: 503</p>

<p>my essay is 704 words</p>

<p>Although I'm doing regular decision...and nyu is the only school i'm applying to</p>

<p>ur only applying to one college? thats not very smart lol</p>

<p>ai!
I second Matt on that.
Good luck though!</p>

<p>yeh well i dun really wanna go n e where else in the US... my dream intially was to go to stanford but they didn't have the course i wanted and i visited ny n fell in love with it...so nyu is my new dream :)</p>

<p>so if you dont get in, you dont go to college? thats not very smart....</p>

<p>i'm not that stupid, duh, i've applied to unis in other countries...i said b 4 that nyu was the only school in the US</p>

<p>what is it about NYU that attacts you?</p>