<p>Yale says, “consider the essay’s brevity to be a challenge: it’s often more difficult to say what you mean with economy.”</p>
<p>Of course Yale is looking for compelling people with interesting stories, but they are also looking for 500 word essays. If you go way over it, it may not be an auto-rejection or anything close, but you nonetheless failed the “challenge.”</p>
<p>Why would someone ignore the rules when Yale clearly says they won’t look favorably upon it?</p>