<p>Okay, so my 500 word essay is running at 453 words right now. This was definitely not the problem I had anticipated, so I thought I'd see what people here had to say about that. I searched word limit in this forum and unsurprisingly, every person with a problem about the word limit was over, and not under the limit.</p>
<p>Is that a problem? I feel like it's a quality 453 words, and I'd rather have that than stick forty-seven fluffy words in there just so I don't look skimpy next to everyone else.</p>