<p>Each essay should be limited to 200-250 words. However, some of my answers are too long to be written in less than 250 words.</p>
<p>Can my essays contain 300+ words?</p>
<p>yes, as long as they are roughly the right length. You also have to make sure they fit.</p>
<p>Admissions doesn’t do actual word counts of your essays. They just read them.</p>
<p>(this was asked on one of the Q&A posts on the admissions blog)</p>
<p>Thanks 
Can you give me the link to this blog?</p>
<p>Ye, it gets to a point when the account doesn’t allow you to proceed, thats the actual word limit =-]. I figured this out when I tried to experiment an 800 word essay into the short answer. Make sure u print preview to see how your response appears to an admission officer</p>
<p>I have the same request as emadwilliam.<br>
My essays are ~280-290 words. Is that fine or should I cut down to <250?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot in advance :)</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t worry too much about cutting down to 250. All of my essays were between 230-300 and I got accepted EA. I also had a typo! The admissions office is very outstanding and just does not want you to do anything egregiously long.</p>
<p>@boomshakalaka: haha, yeah fosho </p>
<p>@psuedoreal: 230 to 300 is quite a large window…were the majority of your essays closer to 250 than farther from it?</p>
<p>Honestly, my feeling is that you should try to cut the essays to 250 words before submitting a close-to-300-word essay. Not because MIT has any sort of bias against longer essays, but because if you haven’t tried to condense your essay, it is probably too long. </p>
<p>More direct, more concise writing is almost always better writing.</p>
<p>This trend gave me a big relief.</p>
<p>well, my essay was 450 words… I have cut it down to 360 words… Is that ok?</p>
<p>^Does it fit the available space on the Print Preview?</p>
<p>Yes, it does…</p>
<p>Like Mollie said, if you think everything you wrote concisely express yourself, I personally don’t see any problem.</p>
<p>Matt just posted this on the Admissions Blogs:</p>
<p>We believe the word limits as stated for the essay questions in the application should be sufficient to answer the questions. You may have noted, though, that the application will not automatically cut off your answer at the word limit. You may choose to send in the essay at a length that exceeds our stated limit; it is your choice. We do not auto-reject candidates because of word length, but we believe the word limit specified usually should be sufficient. If your essay is greater than the word limit, I would recommend considering cutting down your essay; it’s your call whether to submit it as it currently is, though. If your answer is so long that the preview-function view of the answer shrinks the font, then I definitely recommend shortening your response.</p>
<p>Now I feel kinda despondent to exceed the words limit…</p>
<p>One of my essays was about a hundred words over the limit- I just could not cut it down and I was freaking out. And I was accepted EA! So don’t stress too much about it.</p>
<p>Congratulations! :)</p>
<p>Can you give me some advice? What did you do to get accepted?</p>
<p>I think only an admissions officer could tell you that, but I’m passionate about what I do, and I really tried to paint a picture of myself in my essays…I was a little obsessed with editing them!</p>