<p>for cornell supplement essays, they tell you to limit it to 250 words. Both of my essays are 300 words long, and I really don't want to cut it down. Cornellians in this board, former applicant, or current applicant, do you think it will be okay? or should I try reducing my essay??
Thanks.</p>
<p>Should be ok.</p>
<p>i bet they have better things to do than get ****ed off at the extra 50 words they have to read</p>
<p>but if possible try and follow the directions as best you can. every word you can take out without losing meaning or quality SHOULD go--it will in fact make your essay more potent. however, it is true that the requirements are there to give students an idea of how much to write, not to **** students off. If you're over, it's not going to adversely affect your app, but it should only be by a few lines.</p>
<p>I was advised that you shouldn't go over 20 for the common app essay and shouldn't go over 10 for the Cornell specific essays.</p>
<p>The general rule of thumb is dont go above or below 10% of the word limit. That would mean for the common at it would be 550 words. For cornell, it would be 275.</p>