<p>I'm looking at the Michigan essay prompts, and a couple state that the world limit is "Approximately 250 words". This is extremely vague. I wrote a really nice 300 word essay for the University of Illinois and I want to use it for one of the Michigan prompts, but I don't really know what "approximately" means. Is 300 words truly that far from 250 words? I don't want an adcom to think it's lengthy, even though 300 words feels short enough already.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t go over 20 extra words. If you want I can help you remove dead weight from your essay.</p>
<p>But it’s like 2 extra sentences :(</p>