<p>my essay is 500 words exactly 250 words above the requirement, is that okay?????</p>
<p>i shortened it to 341 words, is that okay?</p>
<p>That's not really too bad.</p>
<p>That makes me feel relieved, if yours is that long, I might actually add to mine... the flow is a little iffy because I was trying to control how long it is... It does say AROUND 250 words, but I think 500 might be pushing it a little...</p>
<p>I say shorter is better...you want to follow their guidelines - they want less to read anyway, the more you write the less they will read. My english teacher said he knew an adcom who said they usually only read the first paragraph...if they are interested they'll read on, but mostly just first paragraph.</p>