Common App Essay

Applying to College
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<p>I'm sure this has been answered a million times, but please humor me.</p>

<p>In my Yale supplement on the Common App, it says "copy and paste your essay into this box. Please keep it under 500 words."</p>

<p>My essay is 600 words (don't tell me to trim it down -- really, I know I should, but I just cannot). When I paste it in, it appears in full. However, will it cut itself off at 500 words when I send it in?</p>

<p>My common app essay itself is exactly 500, so I'm not worried about that -- just the supplement. </p>

<p>(Cross-posted to the Yale forum)</p>

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<p>I'm not sure, but I heard that they have means to stop reading after 500 words (and I'd guess that means there was either some auto cutoff or they could tell when an essay was too long). I'm sure someone else knows, but you can either risk having 100 words of your essay truncate . . . or stop pretending like it's impossible to trim it down. :)</p>

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<p>Why don't you try submitting your full essay and see? It'll be for the greater good. ;)</p>

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<p>Ahh, Murasaki, but it's SO HARD!! Really, I am trying. :)</p>