<p>Okay, so for one of my schools I have written an essay that is 420 words and the suggested number is 250 words. Will this be a major issue for me?</p>
<p>no one has an opinion on this? colleges are so vague about this issue that i don't know what to do</p>
<p>i think that's definetely too much. it's better to be under the limit, because you have no idea how anal your reader might be. i spent like ten minutes trying to get a short repsonse under 50 (the limit) when i had 53. it was impossible.</p>