<p>how bad is it if my essay is really really good but it is 630 words (limit is 500).</p>
<p>Going over by a dozen words or so doesn't seem to be such a big deal, but if you go over by about 20% over the original limit, I think problems may arise.</p>
<p>I'd suggest you reduce the length any way you can, but I'm assuming you're intelligent enough to have already tried that to the best of your ability. The only other thing I'd suggest for you to do is to maybe reduce the font slightly and/or decrease the size of the margins to make the essay appear shorter and hope that they don't notice the extra length and start counting words. I have a feeling they're not going to be too pleased if you waste their time that way.</p>
<p>i talked to an admission guy at A&S, he was pretty much like 'as long as its not 1500 words we don't actually care, we prefer good writing to short.</p>
<p>There might be a chance that their overall impression of your application may determine how lenient they are. If the rest of your application is pretty much satisfactory, they may not even notice the extra length in your supplement essay. However, if the rest of your application is not up to par, they might be more critical of your essay length. I'm pretty sure they would deny everything I just said but after all, even the admissions officers are human and therefore will behave like any normal person does when evaluating an application.</p>
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<p>bumpbumpbump again (if you cant tell i really want some more feedback)</p>
<p>cant you just call the admissions office and find out if it's okay/ will it be counted against you to have more than 500 words?</p>
<p>I'm sure there's something you can cut out. Short and sweet > long and sweet.</p>
<p>trust me they dont care at all my dad personally knows some admissions people</p>
<p>as long as its good and engaging</p>
<p>by the way i live in the city parents work for cornell etc etc etc</p>