<p>does 250 words mean 250 words or is there some margin of error for the number of words? also, is there a margin of error for the 1800 character limit?</p>
<p>It says, “Your responses must be at least 250 words but should not exceed the space provided.”</p>
<p>Minimum is 250, maximum is the space in the box. It won’t allow you to write more than the allowed characters.</p>
<p>1800 characters could be more than 250 words</p>
<p>If you have fewer than 250 words will they not read it/penalize you? I mistakenly just submitted my supplement for midnight, but I’m on Eastern Standard Time and didn’t realize the deadline is 11:59 Pacific Time! I had three more hours! I submitted the supplement with all the essays complete/coherent but did not meet the 250 word min for two of them. Am I screwed??</p>