<p>The short anwser requires 150 words. How about 217 words? It has to be cut?</p>
<p>I'd follow the rules. Get out your editor's pen! :)</p>
<p>Haha ccyy, I have 218 words. Looks like we're in the same boat. I wonder how much of a difference it will make though. I have cut my short answer way down and I can't seem to get rid of those last 68 words. I know that writing 150% of the required word count is generally warned against, but will 218 words be noticeable to admissions officers?</p>
<p>Mine was 204-gotin ED to my top school---matters more what you say than how many words you use to say it.</p>
<p>do the words get cut out if you dont stay within the limit though?</p>
<p>Not on the common app..they all show up.</p>
<p>really? then what's the point of all that print preview crap? x.x</p>
<p>god my main essay is 1,200 words, <em>sighs</em></p>