UC Essay Word Length, Are they Really Strict?

College Essays
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<p>Will the UCs be ****ed that my essays have 193, 224, and 584 words respectively for a total of 1009 words? I really can't cut out any more from the 224 word essay.</p>

2

<p>I think that is okay, mine was approx 1025 and the online application allowed it! :)</p>

3

<p>thanks! now i can stop worrying so much!</p>

4

<p>Did they still give you an error message at 1025?</p>

<p>This:

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You must answer all three personal statement questions - using a total of 1,000 words or less - before this section can be considered complete. Please return to the individual pages within this section to complete or shorten your answers.

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5

<p>I got by with 1088.</p>

6

<p>most online essays will allow for up to 100-200 more because they assume that there will probably be an average of 100-200 tiny words (such as "a" "an" "I" "and" ect) that have little significant word value other than making it an actual essay grammer wise</p>

7

<p>actually you're wrong shoebox.... UC app didn't. you were allowed only 25 words above the limit</p>

8

<p>wow, all of my online ones last year (5) allowed for atleast a hundred, sometimes two...i guess it varies per college, and since UC system is so massive, an extra hundred words per applicant can REALLY add up</p>