unspecified writing sample length?

[ristastic]

I was just going through my list of schools and their writing sample page limits. Most of them say 20-25 pages, while others don't say anything at all, and one says "of significant length." I was planning on submitting a portion of my 55-page thesis for the shorter limits, but what about the others? Should I send the whole thing, or just the smaller portion that I'm sending to the others? I doubt anyone will sit and read the entire thing, but is it better for them to have the complete work, just in case?

[socialcomm]

From what I've heard, they don't want the entire thing. Do you have a contact at the program you've been communicating with? I'd ask them how many pages they'd like.