<p>It says that the essay should be approximately 500 words long, yet I have written around 650 words. Is that problematic? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>650 words is a good bit over their request. See if you can’t kill your little darlings.</p>
<p>^“kill your little darlings” LMAO</p>
<p>Is 465 words too little then? (That’s excluding the quote.) Does the quote get added to the word count?</p>
<p>Hi, sorry, don’t mean to hijack this thread. But do you think we can use a quote that we ourselves made up?</p>
<p>650 is fine, especially if you print it and mail it in like me.</p>
<p>Quote doesn’t count, I believe?</p>
<p>I’m submitting it online so yeah… I’ve condensed it to 600 words. Thanks for the advice guys!</p>
<p>453 without quote, 483 with. What can I say? I’m a succinct man.</p>
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<p>The one I sent in with my application way back when was 479 words.</p>
<p>My essay is about 650 words as well, and I intend to keep it that way.</p>
<p>Is the quote supposed to be part of the essay or is it just supposed to be there - detached from the essay itself? I’m integrating it into mine, but I’m not sure that’s what they want.</p>
<p>^I didn’t integrate it. I assumed if the connection between the topic and the quote were clear, that would be enough.</p>
<p>They say as a jumping off point, using the same language in the other prompts. I don’t think they expect you to write about the Woodrow Wilson quote directly for the other prompt, so I don’t think you have to directly talk about the quote in this essay either.</p>