<p>is it possible to go over 1800 characters? essentially I copy pasted my essay my essay from word into the online box. it was 2500 characters but it still fit in the box. so do i have to shorten my essay ? i don't understand how the essay limit thing works. I know that on the common app essay it doesn't really matter if you go over word limit. so does it matter if you go over character limit on the supplemental essays for stanford.</p>