UC 1000 word limit, can I go over it?

Applying to College
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<p>One of my friend is saying UCs will take up to around 15 words over their 1000 word limit.
My other friend said it's an automatic cut-off after 1000 words...</p>

<p>Do you guys know which is true? I'm seriously concerned. I'm a little over right now.</p>

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<p>Have you looked up what the definition is of the word “limit”?</p>

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<p>You can go a little over. It’s fine… They somewhere that 1012 words would be fine. Over 20 words maybe not though</p>

<p>Which ucs you applying to? I did: Berkley, la & sd</p>

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<p>Erin’s Dad, I KNOW WHAT A LIMIT IS. UCs seemed to allow 1012 words, but I wasn’t sure if they still did this year.</p>

<p>Clowiebear, okay, I’ve got it down reasonably. I think I’m good! I did SD, Davis, Irvine, SB, and Berkeley</p>

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<p>I believe that they started to strictly enforce the limit this year. Any essay(s) over 1000 words cannot be submitted.</p>

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<p>^agreed. This year for sure if you go anything above 1000 words you can’t submit your app. I have a UC app open and thats how it works…it sucks though.</p>

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<p>hyphenate-your-words-like-this. This-is-how-I’m-submitting-my-3000-word-materpiece.</p>

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<p>If you cannot cut a 1015 word essay down to 1000 words, you are utterly stupid and do not deserve to go to college. 1000 is the limit. That’s a rule, not a suggestion. Do not go over it. What makes you so special that you should get to express yourself with more words than other applicants?</p>

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<p>that is just his ^ OPINION</p>

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<p>That is not an opinion. After reading hundreds of essays fitting the 1000 word limit, admissions will word-count the essay and wonder why in the world this applicant was too stubborn and arrogant to cut out 15 measly words. What a joke.</p>

<p>^Will this actually happen? Probably not. But it easily could. Why in the world would you risk it.</p>

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<p>You’re crazy to think you should go to the maximum word limit. That just annoys the folks who read your essay. Cut it down and you’ll have a better essay AND they’ll like you better. Do something like hyphenate-your-words and you’ll get a nice-rejection-letter.</p>

<p>Hey enfield, What’s a materpiece anyway?</p>

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<p>Oh, I meant masterpiece.</p>

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<p>Dude just cut it down.</p>