How far below the maximum words should/can you go?

<p>Lets say you’ve got an essay thats 750 words or less and you come up like around 500 and you run out of ideas, should i just stop or restart and scrounge for more. Do colleges look down on a shorter essay</p>

<p>I would think that colleges would prefer a slightly shorter essay, since they have to read hundreds of these a day. I think 500/750 sounds pretty good.
But hopefully a more experienced member of these boards can give you better advice.</p>

<p>i’m also feelin like 500 out of 750 seems perfectly fine!!</p>

<p>500 sounds good</p>

<p>well 750 is the max, so i´m sure you can write less. also, it´s a good thing to get your point across with fewer words.</p>