Everytime I copy and paste my essay into the common app it gives me a different word count than what microsoft word says. Anyone else having a similar problem? Do I need to be worried that my whole essay wont be submitted?
Print to see how it looks.
@intparent it looks the same but it still says I have two less words than what I have on word
Word is probably counting something that the app is not or is counting something as two words that the app counts as one. Print out both. Do a word by word comparison (best done by one person reading out loud to another). If nothing is missing, take a deep breath and relax.
I agree with @AboutTheSame. Sometimes hyphenated words count as two words, sometimes they count as one. It’s really not a big deal unless you now have 652 words and your essay is cut off.