<p>I am working on Princeton's summer activities essay, which has a stated word limit of "about 150 words." The Common App essay box will accept up to 250, and right now I have about 200 words written. I have heard that on these approximate word limits that you shouldn't go above 10% of the stated limit (so in this case, 165 words), but for this essay, it's more of a list of what I've done with maybe one small sentence of description, so I can't cut down much. Is it okay for me to stay at 200?</p>