<p>How strict is the 250 word limit? I’m over 300 right now, and am feeling quite reluctant to cut a lot out… heh</p>
<p>see this previous thread in which similar question was answered by brandeisofficial, a brandeis admissions counselor –
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brandeis-university/785563-why-brandeis-problem.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brandeis-university/785563-why-brandeis-problem.html</a></p>
<p>thanks brandeismom!</p>
<p>this is optional rite?</p>
<p>Rite?
I think perhaps you would be more at home at Tufts.</p>
<p>oh you mean Tufts students like to speak/write that way
haha, i’m just an international student, we prefer to use that short type… 
but Brandeis essay is optional, isn’t it?</p>
<p>Yes it is optional.</p>
<p>haha optional is never optional.</p>
<p>Everyone says that, but I know people who’ve gotten in places without writing the optional essay.</p>
<p>And I know someone who got into Yale with an 1150 SAT.</p>
<p>But you know, you can’t count on things always falling into place for you.</p>
<p>Do the optional essays, they can only help you.</p>