<p>I sent a 745 word essay instead of a 500 word essay to Yale.</p>
<p>Would it effect my admission?</p>
<p>they're going to see your essay and be like AUTOREJECTZ!!!!11!one</p>
<p>I did the same thing for another college... not too worried</p>
<p>I don't know, although most people have told me that going 50 - 75 words over is acceptable, as it isnt acceptable. However, 745 would probably be noticeable, and it honestly depends on whether or not the person reading your app is a stickler about these things.</p>
<p>My Common App essay was 725 words. Same one I sent to Brown. For Columbia, just because they're apparently really picky about this stuff, I cut out one paragraph and ended up with 650.</p>
<p>You'll be fine.</p>
<p>agreed as long as its interesting all the way through!
but there is no sense in worrying about it now!</p>
<p>Yale gets about 20,000 applicants, each with essays and scores and more essays. I bet they don't like long essays.</p>
<p>That said, there's nothing you can do about it now, I doubt it alone would get you rejected. But you really need to think about these things in the future. A shorter essay is always better than a longer one.</p>
<p>I just sent a 1600 char short answer that has 1000 char limit; lol; you should be fine</p>
<p>I applied early to Yale with 2 essays that were both well over the word count (650-700 range). Worked out just fine for me.</p>
<p>"they're going to see your essay and be like AUTOREJECTZ!!!!11!one"</p>
<p>Hahahahaha</p>