<p>I finished with all of them and some of them overshoot the word limit by about 10-15 words. Also when I save it doesn't say anything and in fact when I preview my application, all of the words in my essays are there. </p>
<p>Yet I am worried if it might have a negative effect in my application..</p>
<p>I believe it will stop you from submitting if you are over the limit.</p>
<p>I asked on the FAQ thread and mollieb said that they’d cut off, but apparently that’s not happening for you.</p>
<p>^ It used to be that the preview was exactly what the committee would see. This year, I believe that - even though the preview exists - you won’t be able to submit things that don’t meet the word count.</p>
<p>Hmm… But none of my words get cut off in the preview. Still I’ll tone them down, just to be on the safe side…</p>
<p>Thanks for all the info PiperXP, SuperCuber!</p>
<p>my app does the exact same thing too. It used to say I went over the word limit, but one day it just stopped so I also don’t know what to do either…</p>
<p>Actually, I’m not sure if that’s possible, but maybe they allowed the number of words to exceed a little (…to make it less annoying? xD)? </p>
<p>One of my essays is exactly 250 words. I wrote additional 10-15 and it still let me save. But when I “posted” the essay twice (500 words) it did say I went over the limit…</p>