<p>Is it acceptable if the essays are above word limit by a little. for example, short essay is ~200 but limit is 150. Long essay is <600.</p>
<p>shouldn't be a big deal about the short one, theyre not going to sit there and count the words. the long essay is perfectly within bounds.</p>
<p>anyone else?</p>
<p>They're actually pretty particular about the commonapp short answer. They want to test whether you can be concise- they're really not looking for a fanciful answer, just an informative one (or at least thats the impression I have).
The long essay doesn't have a word limit (assuming you're talking about the commonapp), so 600 words is perfectly fine.</p>
<p>Your short essay is a bit longer, for sure.</p>
<p>try to cut the short answer down to at least 175 words.</p>