<p>When you write/wrote your college essay, how many words would you be/were you willing to go over the limit?</p>
<p>I have an essay that is supposed to be only 500 words. Mine is 563 words. Is that too much to go over? I'm having such a hard time cutting it down!</p>
<p>I actually went up to 900 words on a suggested 500 word limit before.</p>
<p>563 words is definitely okay. That 500 word limit is really just a rough guideline. I wouldn't worry too much about going one hundred or two hundred words past the limit.</p>