<p>On the Andover short answers and essay section, there is a question where you have to choose a sitiation and above it says the word limit is 150 words however below the text box it says 2000 character limit so which limit should I trust?</p>
<p>the character limit</p>
<p>Gateway won’t let you submit an answer over the character limit, but does not count words. </p>
<p>make sure your answer is within both restraints - it will not let you send if it is over 2000 characters, but it looks bad on you if your answer is very much over the word restriction.</p>
<p>Thanks guys 
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<p>Sesquipedalian essays would be well below the 150 word limit. </p>
<p>@jjs123 You are fabulous. </p>
<p>lol - I’m glad you liked my attempt at humor, @stargirl3</p>
<p>P.S. Dear Essay Writers,
My post is not advocating for vocabulary-heavy essays in case anyone was wondering! My view is that flavor and optionally humor are more helpful.</p>