Essay word limit?

putnamehere
Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:02:54 +0000

How rigid are the essay word limits? I was writing my essay for Taft, and even after condensing my essay as much as possible, it was more than the suggested word limit. I tried pasting my essay into the response box, and it worked. I am just afraid that my essay will lose effect if I shorten it further, but at the same time I don’t want it to reflect badly on me if I go over the word limit.