I have been looking through my work in year 12 recently, and I'm looking to apply for History at Oxford Uni in October. This requires a piece of written work as part of my application under 2000 words. I've realised that I'm in no way concise, and none of my standalone responses (contained essays, and not shorter ones between two factors, for example) are under the 2000 word limit. Would anyone recommend writing a new response as part of my revision next year in part of the course I'm interested in, or sticking to an exam answer from a different type of question from year 12? I do OCR, and this would be the type of question to choose between 2 factors, a 10 mark question, instead of a longer more traditional essay. The new essay I would write would be in this style and marked, and not entirely for my application.
Thank you in advance for any advice.