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[quote=Anonymous]^^^ and I agree with 15:27 that a 250 word limit just doesn't give the student sufficient room to really tell the college about themselves. I'm 18:34 and notwithstanding our success, we spent more time advising DD how to cut and shave her story down into 250 words than on the substance of the essay. THEN we find out through an admissions person that she could asterisk something in the 250 word essay and submit something separate on the topic of why she wanted to attend this particular university. THAT opened up a lot of room for her to express exactly what she had done in certain fields and why she wanted to attend this university. 250 words is just too short. Then, again, when deluged with 100,000 applications, most get less than a six minute read and, for many, the review doesn't go beyond test scores, depth of courses taken, GPA and school attended. In other words, the university never even gets to the essay.[/quote]
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