<p>I have worked very hard on my common app essay, and it is currently 850 words. I have already chopped out about 200 words, but I can not seem to get it any shorter and still have it sound the way I want! Is it OK that it is 850 words??</p>
<p>isnt the limit 500 words? i had an essay at about 700 and i think i remember being told i need to cut it down so it wasnt more than 100 words over. in my english class some of our essays had a limit because we were supposed to learn how to be concise and stay under limit so we didnt have unnecessary information, and that might the point. so maybe your trying to do to much with ur essay, which seems likely since you originally doubled the limit (if 500 is the limit).</p>
<p>i dont think there’d be any problem. mine was 1200-something. And it worked out Great for me!</p>
<p>^that’s for common app essay, not the EC essay thing.</p>
<p>I know there is no 500 word limit. They just list a 250 word minimum</p>