<p>how strict is this word limit? My essay is 550. too long?</p>
<p>I just had a conversation w/an area officer. he said 500-700 is fine.</p>
<p>wow really, even for the supplemental when it says please limit yourself to 500? 700 seems a bit of a stretch. maybe he was talking about the common app essay?</p>
<p>Hmmm… I can’t say for sure. He was answering a question posed by someone else and said he didn’t mind reading essays over 500. I don’t recall his citing either the supplemental or the common app essay. Sorry.</p>
<p>probably best to play it safe and stick to the rules. are you sure there aren’t areas that you can condense/cut-out?</p>
<p>^I will have to try it seems ;)</p>