<p>This might be an anal question, but does it matter a lot if your essay is say 20-30 words over the limit? I heard from someone that MIT is particularly picky about word limits…but that may probably be just a rumor. How long were all your essays?</p>
<p>What? If anything, MIT would be one of the less picky schools about word limit.</p>
<p>absolutely not–if you read Matt McGann’s blog, he says that they don’t really care that much at all</p>
<p>Thanks guys…that’s good to hear!</p>