<p>My essay right now is at around 530 words. I've shown it to several friends and my English Lang. teacher from last year and no one really knew how I could cut it down. A lot of things I've seen have said to keep it at 500, but that's when the essay in question was at around 700 words or so. Should 530 words be fine?</p>
<p>It’s fine. Don’t worry about it. An extra 30 words isn’t going to kill anybody.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to thread jack but I also have a question. I know the maximum for UC personal statements is 1000 words for the two prompts (500 transfer + 500 general) but should I keep it down to around 500~700 total?</p>