<p>so, on the college app, it says to write an essay 250-500 words long, but my notre dame essay was 667. is this way too much over the limit? and should i cut it down or can i just leave it as it is..I think its long for a good reason. i think cutting it down will really hurt the quality of the essay</p>
<p>yes, that's too long. They have a limit for a reason. I'm sure everyone could improve their essays if they had a larger word limit. The rule of thumb, generally, is never go more than 10% over your limit. Here, it's safe to assume anything over 550 is too much.</p>