Way under word limit - problem?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>For Brown and other schools, there are supplemental essays in which they ask you to answer in no more than 500 words. If I can say what I want to say in, for example, 150 words, is that a problem?</p>

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Please respond to one of the following essay topics: A, B, or C. We prefer that you limit your response to 500 words maximum, and that you avoid repeating the essay submitted for the Common Application.

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In this required second essay, tell us something that you would like us to know about you that we might not get from the rest of your application - or something that you would like a chance to say more about. Please limit your essay to fewer than 500 words.

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<p>If you think it’s a good response the length isn’t a problem. I’ve definitely heard of people getting in with short supplemental essays.</p>

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<p>Just don’t try to be original and write a one-word essay (unless, of course, they ask for it). That’s so overdone.</p>

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<p>My D just read me a 70-word essay that helped get somebody into Yale. Moreover, it was included in this book on writing great college essays. We thought it was lame, unimaginative, and amateurish. Shows how much we know. Apparently the adcom at Yale loved it.</p>

<p>I think significantly under 500 words is fine, as long as the essay is good.</p>

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<p>^ I think what you wrote shows the multitude of ways an essay can be taken.</p>

<p>Thanks for the reassurance.</p>