<p>The summer activities supplement asks for "about 150 words." Given that, how many words do you think is too many? Mine is currently 219 words, because I added some thoughtful (if I do say so myself) elaboration.</p>
<p>Actually, I managed to shift the word count around so that both of my “about 150 word” essays are about 180 words. Acceptable, yeah?</p>
<p>180 seems fine. No one is going to count it.</p>