UC essay word count

[hiker]

<p>Hi. Getting down to the little questions now. Yay? I'm wondering about word count. UC website says it's okay to go "a little under or over" on the short essays. They say, 199 or 205. Has anyone tested the over limit more? 210? And how about the longer one, have you successfully gone over on that too? 610? 630? Or does it just matter that the total not be over 1000 so if you go under on a short one you can go over on the long one? Thanks.</p>