is it okay to write more than 150 words on my short answer??????

Lemonio
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:02:42 +0000

i was very methodical about the word limits
i had exactly 150 for that prompt…exactly 50 for a 50 word essay in a supplement, and exactly 500 on another essay xD

i was just doing this for fun though
i think you can go over, if it is really necessary
but keep in mind, this must be concise
if you have something that is unnecessary, GET RID OF IT
you don’t want to waste the adcom’s time. so only go over if you have a good reason to

Edit: oh yeah, and 200 is way too much
you can go like
165 max
they shouldn’t be able to tell that you went over word limit without looking at word count.