<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I'm currently working on my Princeton essay (the longer, "Your Voice", one) and am wondering how strict they are with the word count. I know the website says "about 500 words", but my essay will be about 600 words. Is this far too long?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for your thoughtful responses.</p>
<p>I think that’s fine (: Personally, my Common App essay is/was close to 750 words, haha 
As long as you absolutely need every word, then the length should not matter too much.</p>
<p>Totally fine. Mine was just below 600 words but within the 5000 character count. They just don’t want ten pages.</p>
<p>Ahh okay, thank you both very much! I’m just having trouble getting both my CA and Princeton essays under 500 words, but it sounds like a little longer is acceptable. Thanks!</p>
<p>Another question…sorry! Do you title the essay?</p>
<p>You can if you feel like it adds to the essay, but it’s in no way necessary.</p>