After reading through thousands of essays, it should be fairly easy to spot one that is longer than average. Think of it as a way to demonstrate your ability to communicate a succinct message and it should help motivate you to trim it down further. Good luck!
We will review the essay in its entirety as the word limit is a guideline to essay writers. Be aware than we will not review an essay that goes excessively over the word limit; we leave that to your discretion. If you are concerned that your essay might be too far over that limit, we have the optional third essay available for any continuation of thought or point left unmade in the previous two.