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clucky

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hi! i'm working on my secondaries now, and a lot of them have an optional additional comments question. their character count for these questions is also pretty high, like 4000 characters, and i was wondering if most people fill this whole thing? i have a few school-specific notes i want to touch on, like using it as a "why us" essay, but i certainly won't need 4000 characters. maybe a couple hundred. should i try to come up with more to write about?
 
hi! i'm working on my secondaries now, and a lot of them have an optional additional comments question. their character count for these questions is also pretty high, like 4000 characters, and i was wondering if most people fill this whole thing? i have a few school-specific notes i want to touch on, like using it as a "why us" essay, but i certainly won't need 4000 characters. maybe a couple hundred. should i try to come up with more to write about?
If you have nothing substantial to add, then you should not feel obligated to fill this section out. As a reviewer, I appreciate it when an applicant respects my time, and I have not seen the absence of an optional essay be held against an applicant. Just my thoughts.
 
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