TOEFL Independent task word limit

[Robert Ferrero]

It's 300, right? Then why write more?

[Nikhil fernandes]

It's not compulsory to write more than 300 words
But whatever you write should be enough to cover the structure of your answer

[KathleenAnderson]

I think that around 500 words is a good count to have
300 is usually not enough for summarizing the answer to this question