<p>Do we have to strictly limit our response to 200 words or can we go over a little bit? Just wondering because i wrote a kick a** essay for the why rice part but its like 250 words....</p>
<p>Honestly, admissions officers arent going to count your words. 10% over is a good rule of thumb… so youre not too far off. Probably a few sentences. I would think it should be ok</p>
<p>I envy you- I can’t “kick ass” while being that brief. I’m having a hard time making my short answers good in such a small amount of space.</p>
<p>Wait can we type it or do we have to put it on those lines they provided?</p>
<p>I thought you HAD to type it since it is the common app.</p>
<p>there is a paper version. Rice just “strongly encourages” that you use the electronic version.</p>
<p>^I finished with 3 characters left. It was beautiful.</p>