<p>Unfortunately i have 526 words and I've already cut down too much. I was once at 700 and how i got it down to this little is a miracle. Will the common app cut my essay off or is that only for the extra-curricular essay? thank you</p>
<p>If you can cut an essay to the size needed, often it is best to throw out that essay, and write an entirely new one.</p>
<p>Sorry, that should read “can’t cut”.</p>
<p>ok can i have an answer thats not sarcastic?</p>
<p>Sorry, but I do mean that seriously. Sometimes it really is best to start over from scratch. So much of writing is re-writing. Often I have found that when I hit the fourth or fifth draft, I finally realize where the writing is headed, and indeed it turn out to be a case of throwing out most (or sometimes even all), and starting over.</p>
<p>If your current essay has been trimmed and re-trimmed, and now you just feel unhappy when you look at it, walk away. Come back to it in a day or two, and see what you think. You may have a whole new vision for making it work.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best!</p>
<p>One the ones that you have to upload, it doesn’t cut off. So no, it won’t cut off.</p>
<p>526 words really isn’t that much over. As long as it’s viewable in the common app PDF you should be fine.</p>