<p>If a question says: "Please limit your response to half a page, or approximately 250 words."</p>
<p>Is 310 words too much?</p>
<p>well is it half a page still?</p>
<p>I would check and see if you are being wordy and scrape off the extra 60 words just to be safe, but ultimately, they want to see that you can be clear yet concise and really express yourself through that. On the other hand, if you really are being concise and go over by 60 words (really only a line or two), they're not going to count the words and disqualify you for it! (And if they're THAT anal... are you sure you'd want to go there?...)</p>