SOS -- need to quickly pare down personal statement

i hate brevity. word limits are my 1984.

my english teacher assigned a personal statement-esque essay for my class's final with the hope that we could have a head start on the common app next year. he doesn't expect such essays to be perfect, but much like the common app he has a strict word limit (though his, at 700, is slightly more generous). after revising for conciseness and cutting out entire sentences, i'm sitting pretty at 760ish words.

i am convinced my statement has been rid of redundancies and excessive wordiness, yet my word count is still unacceptable. has anyone here used any miracle strategies to pare down their statements? i am in desperate need of them, and i am convinced i will still be in desperate need of them next fall once i begin to engross myself in supplementals.