Essay Word Limit

<p>My essay is 649 words, is that too much over the 500 word limit for the MIT app? will that hurt my application?</p>

<p>please....I need some input</p>

<p>i think thats a little too much. i figured they wont check the word limit on an essay unless it obviously looks like too much. Ive heard some college sites say something around 50-75 words over is the limit. im having the same problem but im only at 545</p>

<p>mine is exactly 550 but that's including a part thats in a diff language, so I'm guessing that doesn't count. w/o its 519</p>

<p>It's been said repeatedly that adcoms don't count the words, but it seems obvious that if one goes far over the limit, the essay will clearly seem longer than average. They have thousands of essays to read, and although they try to be fair and objective, they're also human. I think it's wisest to try to get close to the limit.</p>

<p>k, thanks for the advice</p>