<p>First, don’t make the font hard to read. That won’t help by shrinking it.</p>
<p>Are you sure you can’t cut a little more. If you got in the 700s (especially below 750), I would tell you to risk it. However, it is too long now. It would look as though you were openly disregarding their instructions. You could cut it, and put the completed version in the extra info (although I wouldn’t reccomend this for the same essay).</p>
<p>In the end, don’t send in a 900 word essay, its too long. If you can cut 150 words (I bet you can, it may make the writing better), then do it.</p>