<p>"In addition to the essay you have written for the Common Application, please select one of the following themes and write an essay of about 500 words in response. Please do not repeat, in full or in part, the essay you wrote for the Common Application."</p>
<p>My essay is 182 words. Is is fine? because it says about 500 words, so i guess it must be at least 400 words.. What do u say?</p>