<p>How strict is the 500 word limit for the Yale supplemental essay? Mine is about 200 words over the limit, and I know it probably looks bad to not follow the directions, but does anyone have any input? Thanks.</p>
<p>Mine was over the word limit, and it didn't seem to matter. Our regional rep just told us not to go over a page.</p>
<p>i was admitted EA. my common app essay was 621 words; my supp. essay was 477.</p>
<p>hth.</p>
<p>oh ok, mine is about one page typed, 12 font, I just did not want to make it seem that I'm applying to one of the top schools in the nation and I can't even follow simple directions</p>
<p>Mine was almost 900 and I still got in.</p>
<p>my commonapp one was 646, my supplemental 350 (it was a poem)</p>
<p>my common pp wa 500, my supp was 700</p>
<p>My common app was 750-800ish (yeah, i know, i know). My supplemental was 600ish. Keep it under a page, though!</p>