<p>Is it ok for an essay to be a little longer then the suggested amount. For the COmmon App it says less than 500 words, but is it ok if i have like 550?</p>
<p>50 more is a lot. Obviously they aren't going to go counting how many words you have, but if they see its too long they might not read it I suppose. I wouldn't risk it.</p>
<p>550 is perfectly fine. The one problem you might have is on the form for the online application the box has a technical limitation on how many characters can be entered.</p>
<p>You can send in the essay with the transcript. I am doing that because I don't want my formatting to get screwed up. I would hate it for my work to look unprofessional when I spent so long on it.</p>
<p>Also, if there is a cut off in the program, this would be an easy way to geta around it.</p>