chrispigs
Nov 1, 2010
Undergraduate / Should personal essay on Common App be less than 150 words?? [3]
Yes, the short answer should be around 150 words, give or take 10 words. Granted, they are not going to count the amount of words, but the short answer is something that should take less than a minute to read.
As for your essay, it's very good and I like the topic but it could be quite easy to streamline a bit.
First sentence, "My internship at PSEG..."; They know it's important because you're writing about it. Perhaps if you said, "My internship at PSEG this summer enlightened me of life outside of high school" or something more direct.
Also I feel you could somehow combine, "Being ignored meant that I was mature enough to figure things out on my own. Moreover, their faith in me developed my own sense of self-reliance"
Like, "Being ignored gave me my own sense of self reliance and I realized that I was mature enough for the responsibilities given to me."
Good Luck!!
Yes, the short answer should be around 150 words, give or take 10 words. Granted, they are not going to count the amount of words, but the short answer is something that should take less than a minute to read.
As for your essay, it's very good and I like the topic but it could be quite easy to streamline a bit.
First sentence, "My internship at PSEG..."; They know it's important because you're writing about it. Perhaps if you said, "My internship at PSEG this summer enlightened me of life outside of high school" or something more direct.
Also I feel you could somehow combine, "Being ignored meant that I was mature enough to figure things out on my own. Moreover, their faith in me developed my own sense of self-reliance"
Like, "Being ignored gave me my own sense of self reliance and I realized that I was mature enough for the responsibilities given to me."
Good Luck!!