545 words is okay as the key word is "approximately", but if it says 2500 characters "maximum", you had better not go over that, so it looks like you will be A-OK. And don't think for a minute that they will not know if you go over. They do not count your words, but most word processing programs do it automatically. IMO, it's more about following directions and paying attention to detail that is important.On the application it says that each statement maximum is 2,500 characters and that it is approximately between 250-500 words. My statement is 2,442 characters with 545 words. Is my word count acceptable?
Even an essay with 185 words would be okay???Your essay is fine if under 2500, the system will accept it.
My opinion on that one is that you should try to get it as close to 250 as possible. Again, they want approximately 250 to 500 words.Even an essay with 185 words would be okay???Your essay is fine if under 2500, the system will accept it.
I had the same thing happen to me. I sent an email to the admissions staff asking about it, and they said it does this for everyone's essays. The woman who responded didn't say whether the board sees the actual paragraphs though. I hope when they review the essays they revert back to the original formatting, or my essays may be rather awkward to read!I added a few sentences to the last paragraph and I got up to 243. I just submitted them and the paragraph I had the essays in disappeared an now it's just one big paragraph???