Are you allowed to go over at all? If you can go over, how much should you limit it to? 50 extra words?
<p>i dunno, i hope so, most of my essays are 150 words over</p>
<p>its actually not good, it shows you can't be concise and to the point in your writing, your ability to make it less then the requested number is something small they look for</p>
<p>I disagree, farbdogg. I think it's ok. People always say it isn't, but it's not really about the word count and ability to be concise. It's about flow and quality.</p>
<p>I refer you to these posts from this thread: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=19986%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=19986</a></p>
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<p>Write a good essay, it doesn't matter how long (within reason--don't write a 2000 word essay for a 500 word essay limit (unless its super awesome, actually)). A 500-word stripped-down essay will not help you if it was not good to begin with. A 700 word essay will not help you if it is not good. A 500 word or a 700 word essay will help you if it is quite good.</p>
<p>Eh, I think I'm rambling now.</p>
<p>Anyways, I got into Yale and both of my essays were over the limit (~820 for one, ~600 for the other).</p>
<p>I say that if your essay is good, and the extra words are warranted, leave it be.</p>
<p>But then again, if you are applying online and they physically won't let you send it over the limit, ya you're screwed then. Cut it down .
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