over word limit still OK???

JP321
Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:16:27 +0000

Okay, this is from the Yale website:

My essays are more than 500 words each. Is that OK?
We ask that you respect the word limits we suggest. Will we read the words beyond 500? Yes. But if your essays are much longer than 500 words, understand that you will not help yourself by seeming to have ignored our request.