<p>I'm at 1017 words vs the instructed limit of 1000 words. Does it matter?</p>
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<p>No. You can go a little over, but > 20 is considered “not following requirement”, as one of the Davis counselor told me :)</p>
<p>If the application lets you go over 1000. Last year it didn’t.</p>
<p>lol just delete around 30 words. 950-1000 is perfect ^^</p>
<p>Oh ok, I’ll have to check… bc those words are precious :D</p>
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<p>Yeah, there are still some printed materials (from Cal, I think) that says that a few extra words isn’t a problem (they always give 1,012 as the example). However, mikey is right–last year’s application wouldn’t allow you to enter more than 1,000 words.</p>
<p>I went over, so I just deleted the words until I hit back down to 1000. However, my sentence ends abruptly. This is how my essay ends:</p>
<p>"…after learning this experience I have --"</p>
<p>And nothing after that.</p>
<p>I think im going to have two versions of my personal statement ready- a 1017 word and a 1000 word version. Because they only give you 30 minutes to paste your statement in. This way if the longer one is too much, I can paste my shorter one in quick and easy. Good idea?</p>
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<p>Last year I applied as a freshman, I think I hit 1017 total? Maybe 1012. In any case, I was allowed to submit that.</p>