so much frustration

graduatettpe · 10-26-2009, 05:28 PM

ok, well, I am over by about 30 words on two of my 250 word essays. I have taken out all i can without it sounding like a 1st grader wrote it, and feel that it would be better to have a 280 word "illegal" essay than sappy 250 word essays. Is this faulty thinking? The most I get from the mit website is that there is no strict limit, but the blogger did stay under the limit. Help?

molliebatmit · 10-26-2009, 05:59 PM

My general rule is that about 10% over the limit is not noticeable to the reader. By that metric, 280 words is fine.

*mcgmit* · 10-26-2009, 08:32 PM

Sounds fine to me! Mollie, your rule of thumb sounds great here.

-McGreggor (MIT Admissions)