<p>For some reason I am getting an incorrect word count when I copy and paste my essay from word into commonapp. The first thing that most of you will probably say is that I'm not copying the whole essay, but this is not true. I am copying and pasting the entire essay (ctrl + A, ctrl +c, ctrl + v). Word is giving me a word count of 633 whereas Commonapp is giving me a word count of 587. What is the cause for this discrepancy?</p>
<p>The exact same thing happened to me!! However if you push continue and go back to view it, the word count will be correct</p>
<p>You will see when you get to the preview stage that common app has changed the formatting of your essay. Once you correct all the returns and spaces at the ends of lines, your word count will true up.</p>