<p>Is it okay to exceed the 25 word limit of the short response even if the statement fits in the box with the 175 character limit?</p>
<p>That depends. Are your answers of such groundbreaking literary merit that their brilliance cannot be contained within the allotted word limit?
If not, cut it down.</p>
<p>screw it, I followed the character limit and was over by at least two words half the time. If they’re going to reject me because of that then i don’t even want to attend.</p>
<p>i would try to find a way to reword it so it fits the word limit. if that isn’t possible, then a few words over the limit probably won’t hurt you.</p>
<p>yeah, i’d try to find a way to get it down to the word limit. i know they only count the characters, but they’d probably appreciate it if you stayed under the word limit, too.</p>
<p>i made sure to not go over the limit… i averaged about 20 words per response, with none of my responses exceeding 25 words</p>
<p>I think some words over 25 are fine. I don’t think they will be counting and a couple more words are hard to discern.</p>
<p>as long as you don’t do it for every one.</p>