Write 500 Words, Get Into College: Common Application Sets Essay Length Limit

Call it an exercise in brevity. The Common Application, widely used by high-school seniors in an effort to streamline the admissions process, set a new word limit for next year’s college applicants. In just 250 to 500 words, students must sell themselves to college admissions departments nationwide. Officials for the Common App say the move

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Write 500 Words, Get Into College: Common Application Sets Essay Length Limit

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