My advice is not to worry at all about length in your first draft. As you revise, try to winnow it down to at least three pages, unless you’re only applying to an outlier school like Berkeley which is happy to read long statements. Finalize a two or three page master version of the essay, and then tweak it for the requirements of different schools.
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My advice is not to worry at all about length in your first draft. As you revise, try to winnow it down to at least three pages, unless you’re only applying to an outlier school like Berkeley which is happy to read long statements. Finalize a two or three page master version of the essay, and then tweak it for the requirements of different schools.
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