essay length

Applying to College
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<p>if the recommended length of the college essay for the University of Washington is 500-650 words, is it really bad if my essay is 850 words? should i start cutting stuff out?</p>

<p>i just started writing it today and i kind of just kept going and going....</p>

<p>by the way its due tomorrow</p>

<p>so, is going over the limit bad even though it says it's just a recommendation?</p>

<p>also, the "additional comments" section.....it says its optional and i don't really have anything else i want to say, but would it be better to just write something/anything i can think of? or do they only want things that are really significant?</p>

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<p>Two hundred words over the limit sounds like you're going overboard. I would say try to go no more than 750.</p>

<p>Read this for helpful tips:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=25018%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=25018&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>thx</p>

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