<p>Hey all, I'm preparing to submit my application and I just have a few quick questions to ease my mind.</p>
<p>1) Is it okay if my common app essay is one or two words over? It's exactly 500 without my name and a title but I'd like to include both.</p>
<p>2) For the short answers, is it okay if mine are a little lengthy, even if they clock in at under 300 characters? (Most of my answers are around the 200 range).</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Best advice anyone would give is to abide by the word-limits.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, if every word in your essay justifies its meaning inarguably and you don’t stand a chance to limit your essay, then its okay to exceed the limit.</p>
<p>But be careful. Exceeding by a couple of words is very different from exceeding by a paragraph. The latter is not acceptable.</p>
<p>Thank you, I’ve decided to cut out a few words just to make it under that limit.</p>
<p>As for the second, considering I’m under the limit they say, I think my word limits will be fine.</p>
<p>I didn’t actually understand your second point. I know that the word-limit for short answers is 300 characters. Are you exceeding this limit? Or you used lesser number of characters to answer? Limiting your answers under the word-limit never dumps you!</p>
<p>Well, then you don’t have any problem if your answer is under the limits.</p>
<p>See to it that your short answers provide the required information. That’s what counts.</p>
<p>Best Luck!!!</p>
<p>The prompt says to respond in two lines or less, but gives me 300 characters to do it.</p>
<p>I am under 300 characters in all my responses, but most of the time I’ve over two lines (I answered in full sentences). Is this okay?</p>
<p>Check on the print preview. As long as it isn’t over two lines on there, you should be fine.</p>
<p>Oh no I did NOT see the two line limit. On two of the questions I have one word on the third line. Is that really bad???</p>
<p>@kristenpark
Oh no I had the same problem, my responses are all under 300 characters, but most of them are 3 lines not two): Is this bad??</p>
<p>I think they would think us careless for not carefully reading and following the directions. But hopefully they don’t judge too harshly since we were under the character limit.</p>
<p>I didn’t use the two line rule since I broke down per category my favorite books, authors, movies, and musical artists. Is that okay?</p>