University Students, How long was the longest paper you have written besides your dissertation?

colleen j: University Students, How long was the longest paper you have written besides your dissertation?
I am an Elementary Special Education (CI) major at a small university. I’m currently in an Educational Psychology class and working on a 25 page paper on the topic “Is Parental Involvement always beneficial for students”. Have you ever had to write something this long? For what class? What was the specific topic? Should I get used to this long of essays?

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Answer by Bent Snowman
I wrote a 79 page lab report on gamma ray spectroscopy in my junior year of undergraduate, single spaced, compact figures and tables. It was for a radiation detection and measurement class, and specific topic was on gamma ray measurments of 7 radionuclides using a scintillating tube. Since this, I have written a whole lot of 30-40 page lab reports. I do not know about your major, but if you were in engineering, i would say you have not seen anything yet. I was not crazy either, everyone’s reports were of similar length, but maybe we were all just crazy. I also type up (physics) assignments for a particular class I am taking, they are usually 20 pages. In previous classes, some of my handwritten work including assignments and exams (i have small handwriting) have been 30 page average, and as long as 40-some pages. LOL at college. No one knows the work we do because no one is willing to believe it, i am not exaggerating, but it likely seems like i am. maybe i should just end this with, instead, LOL life.