<p>My son’s personal essay is over the 500 word limit…should he cut it down or just submit? It’s about 150 words over? Also, can you send a resume in by mail? There isn’t anywhere to attach it to the Tulane app.</p>
<p>He should cut it back by at least 100 words, I would think. I am sure he can do it, maybe a teacher can help him by having a more objective eye. We all fall in love with our own writing, it is normal.</p>
<p>I don’t think he probably needs a resume, but if he feels he really wants them to have it, he should either mail or e-mail it to his admissions counselor. You can find out who is responsible for your area by checking this: [Tulane</a> Admission: Meet Your Counselor](<a href=“http://admission.tulane.edu/counselors/index.php]Tulane”>http://admission.tulane.edu/counselors/index.php) You will see the tool to fill in your state and therefore get your counselor’s info. He should just put on an explanatory note that he is in the process of filing his application and wanted his resume to be in the file as well.</p>
<p>Thanks Fallenchemist!</p>
<p>momsam: My daughter had the same problem several years ago and everyone we contacted said 500 words means 500 words. If you like, you can contact me privately for the professional we used to help her cut it down (we did it via e-mail). Regarding the resume, both my children submitted resumes with attachments. We just mailed it to the admissions office of all the colleges they were applying to. The packets were put into each child’s folder along with all the things they received via e-mail and the on-line submissions. It seemed to work out well.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help. He will cut it down.</p>
<p>my son has the same problem. he is over by about 60 words and has cut, cut, cut. I don’t think there is any way to take out any more. do you really think this is a problem?</p>
<p>Personally I do not, but some others disagree. I don’t think the main purpose of the instruction is to see who obeys, but to make sure they are not getting novels they cannot possibly have time to read. Still, I refer to earlier comments about either getting a teacher to help or using someone from the outside. He won’t like the cuts, but no author does.</p>