U.S. News has compiled several college essay examples that helped students get into school. ... Babson College in Massachusetts, for example, gives students a 500-word limit to answer a prompt, ...

Babson College in Massachusetts, for example, gives students a 500-word limit to answer a prompt, or they can choose to submit a one-minute video about why they chose to apply to the school.

Those schools usually require essays of their own, but the longest essay, 500 words maximum, is generally attached to the Common App. Students choose one of six questions.

Baring my soul in 500 words: How I survived 16 essays and the college application process. ... [Read a few samples of her essays here.] ... in college-application essays that are supposed to be ...

Essay requirements vary widely from school to school. The 150-plus members of the Coalition for College (which includes Harvard and Vanderbilt) requires a single 500-word essay selected from ...

After a four-year experiment of letting applicants write essays as long as their hearts desired, Common Application is limiting essays to a 500-word maximum beginning this fall.

Swarthmore Applications Drop Due to Extra 500-Word Essay, School Says The college plans to drop an essay and reduce the word-count to 250 next year. By Dan McQuade · 7/14/2014, 1:22 p.m.

Common App essays should be 650 words or fewer, while Coalition Application essays should be 500 to 650 words. Institution-specific supplemental essays are typically around 250 words. Read: ...