<p>The admissions webpage list as the approximate word limit for the essays as 250 and 500, both of mine go a bit over, at 292 and 536 words respectively. I was wondering how flexible they are on word limit, and if I should try to condense them more?</p>
<p>I would say that you will be fine. Just no more than 50 words over. If anything try to condense your short essay at least a few words.</p>
<p>They are flexible, but I would try to condense them if at all possible. Admissions officers will have over 20000 applicants, so that is going to be a lot of words.</p>