Essay and character limit. ahhh help

<p>So my lehigh supplementapplication, states it wants 1000 characters for the essay. You have 2 options. Type the essay in or upload the document.
Do you think it would be okay if i submitted an essay of 1357 characters?
HELP. what do you think.</p>

<p>no... you should stay within requirements. a few characters over would be alright, but 357 is quite noticeable for admissions who have read many that stayed within the limit.</p>

<p>alright thank you for the advice</p>