<p>For the essay "elaborate on an extracurricular activity of your choice", it says the word limit is 150 words. Can we go over that a bit, say, to 250 or so words? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>250 may be a little much. You are almost using twice as many words as you’re supposed to, lol. See if you can edit any of it. I don’t think submitting a 250 word EC essay will ultimately influence the college’s decision, so don’t worry too much about it.</p>
<p>No you cannot go above 150 words for the EC one a few (2 or 3) is understandable but even 160 is unacceptable!</p>
<p>Common App has the main essay to show your writing talent and the EC essay to enhance and show your brevity!</p>
<p>No, you cannot go above 150 words. You literally cannot - the CommonApp has a word limit on the box. With that, a college or university really just wants to know how dedicated you were to a specific activity, or why you were interested in it.</p>