[Celerity]

650 word essay?

Is it just me or does that sound a little light?

[Right_Wing_Madman]

650 word essay? Is it just me or does that sound a little light?

Yes. To put it in perspective, this New York Post article was 751 words.

[struggle]

>650-word

Yeah, same here. That’s a two page double spaced essay = one page single spaced.

We always got 8 pages at LEAST in bachelors. 15-20 pages in masters.

[Buttons12]

650, that’s a typical 1.5 pages.

[CommerceComet]

650 word essay? Is it just me or does that sound a little light?

Not necessarily. Depends on the nature of the assignment. It also depends on the frequency of assignments of this nature. A two-page short essay due once-a-week for a 15-week semester is the same amount of writing as a 30-page term paper. If short essays are used, typically more than one a week would be assigned, as least that was the case when I retired a few years ago.

Six-hundred, fifty words is typically between 2-3 pages, double-spaced, 12-point font.