Penn's Supplemental Essay Word Count?

<p>On Penn's supplemental essay, it asks to "please answer in one page, approximately 500 words." However, 500 words only about 3/4 of a page for me. Does this mean it's okay if I have around 600 words, or is that going over the limit? Thanks for any help!</p>

<p>600 is pushing it. They want 500 words, but all on one page (ex. Some people double space and it would run over, which is NOT what they want). I’d say be near 500 w/ at most 20 extra words. </p>

<p>600 words is almost an extra paragraph.</p>