How important is the Essay Word Limit?

jovenes132
Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:45:15 +0000

I know that some schools are extremely strict on the word limit, and don’t even allow one word over the limit.

How is going over the limit looked upon by the admissions staff at ND? My current essay, after revising once is about 580 words, and I the limit is 400~500 words for the ND essay.

Hopefully, they believe in the quality, not quantity approach…