<p>My short essay for UNC wound up at 348 words, and I don't see how I can cut it down. Is this okay? The instructions say "about" 250 words, also my long essay is 670 words, over the recommended 500 words. Is that okay?</p>
<p>Also, for my essays in general, should they be single, 1.5, or double spaced?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I have the same problem :/ my essay is like 330ish words when it's supposed to be 250.</p>
<p>i think you really need to cut it down as close as possible. big public universities are probably more stingy about word limits because they have to read so many essays.</p>
<p>in my opinion i don't think going over the recommended limit of 250 and 500 by like 150 words is that big of a deal
when you have a recommended 500 word essay but your essay is more than 800 words, then you should probably cut down your essay length</p>
<p>They won't ignore your essay because it's more than 250 words, but read it over many times and select words/passages that you can cut w/o losing meaning. Getting your essay down to 300 words may even make it better. The essay itself should be double spaced.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks.</p>
<p>Rainmaker when you say double spaced, do you mean we should send it in double spaced? Because that's my other dilemma (not that it's a big deal)</p>
<p>Ughhhh I can't cut this down!</p>