<p>I have a quick question about UC Essays... On the application, it says the suggested word counts for the three essays are 200/200/600, but is it okay to have 260 words for one of the short essays? How flexible are they on this suggested amount? Others are saying its okay to have 201 or 202, but wheres the cut off?</p>
<p>i don't think there's a set cutoff. but i'd say the max for the 200 words essay is around 210-215</p>
<p>This has been discussed in numerous other threads... open one up rather than start a new one. And no, its frowned upon to have 260 words for a 200ish word essay.</p>