Common App Word Count Off?

rasoward
Wed, 13 Nov 2013 01:37:42 +0000

Hello–

Is it just me or are other people noticing that the Common App has a different word count total than a word processor?

I typed up an essay on Pages, which told me it was precisely at 650 words, but when I pasted the essay in Common App it was only 642. I re-read the essay and all of the words are there…not sure if commonapp just have a different system for counting words or what.

Are other people experiencing this?

Cheers,
Riley