<p>My short answer is 165 words long and it says fewer than 150 words on the Common App. Is it fine or do I need to stay within the limit? I personally don't think admissions officers are going to count the number of words, and as long as it looks like 150 words, I think its fine, but I could use some advice. Thanks.</p>
<p>well tbh you should be fine…15 words isn’t that big a deal</p>
<p>if there actually is a problem then the commonapp might block you from going over the world limit similar to what the UCL application does when you go over the world limit, by giving you an error message i think =)</p>