<p>hi guys! as the title goes, are 890 words way too long for the supplemental essay? i know it’s more difficult to write a short one and i should really trim down my essay a bit, but would my essay be really irritating if it’s that long? thanks!</p>
<p>i just finished mine and found it's 700! So I'm also worried that my essay's too long.</p>
<p>Can someone help us?</p>
<p>I'm sure that if the essay is excellent and that every single word contributes to the essay as a whole, than it should be fine.</p>
<p>I know you're getting close to the deadline, but try to let it rest for a day and then go back to it. Then try to cut. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>I think going a bit over 500 would be okay, but 890 is very likely to be too much. That's almost twice the upper limit. Remember that the adcoms have a ton of these to read. Let it rest for a day, see if you can get a person or two to read it and make suggestions on things to condense or cut. Good luck.</p>
<p>thanks everybody! now it's 750 words and hopefully by the time i go to sleep tonight it will be 600ish..</p>
<p>Good job! I'm sure it wasn't easy, but I bet you like it better in its slimmer version.</p>