Short Answer Essay- Have to be 150 or fewer?

<p>The commpn application's short answer says "150 words or fewer." If we do it online, the space is limited. But if I do it on paper, can I go over 150 words, say 190?
Thanks in advance.</p>

<p>If the extra 40 words are REALLY worth it, than it's ok.
Just make sure it's a good essay. Else it's a bad move because:
1. they still won't like your essay
2. they'll have to read an extra 40 words of an essay they don't like
3. you didn't follow rules just because you wanted to write some more words on a essay they don't even like</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

<p>For short answer essay, are we limited to description of the activity only or we can or need to talk about the benifit/impact of it? In other word, is this essay a mini version of a 500-word essay?
Thanks.</p>