In a few of my supplements I have mentioned acronyms for a few competitions and awards. Would what the acronym stands for in brackets count towards my word limit?
<p>In an essay? I’m sure only the acronym will count - but will they know what you’r talking about?</p>
<p>Wow, it is not THAT strict that a few letters of the acrynoms are going to make a difference! However, if you are using an online app that has a character limit, then yea, they count since they take up characters.</p>
<p>If I understand correctly, he means to ask if the explanation for an acronym would count? As in,</p>
<p>My AP (Advanced Placement) scores…</p>
<p>whether the “Advanced Placement” would count in the word count or not. If I understand correctly, then I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t count. You only have to write the long form once, and it’s only a few words.</p>
<p>yeah what sheetmusic said is what i mean
im 25 words over my 250 word limit and dont feel like explaining JETS TEAMS means “The Junior Engineering Technical Society Test of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science”
grr</p>
<p>Oh, then as long as they know what the acrynoms stand for, then its fine. However, 25 words over isn’t that bad.</p>
<p>If you use Word to write your essay, you do a word count periodically. I will say…don’t overwrite, especially if you plan to cut and paste your essay or narrative answer into an application. DS found that he had to edit several essays because they simply would not fit in the field (and the ap told him so when he tried to put it in).</p>
<p>Common app however does not have a strict word limit. It says 500 for the main essay but it’s basically one page, and you can fit 700+ words.</p>
<p>You do this:</p>
<p>the first time you write it, go:</p>
<p>Advanced Placement (AP), and then every time after that, refer to it as “AP”</p>