"Grace period" for word limits?

Chedva
Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:08:57 +0000

As the number of applicants increases, and the number of applications that each admissions officer has to read increases, the more important it is to follow the rules. They have way too much work to do - if every student went 100 words over, that’s several more hours of work for each one.

Make each word meaningful. It is much harder to write succintly than to be verbose. Write succinctly.