diff --git a/openapi.json b/openapi.json
index 5aaf2afe..191ba110 100644
--- a/openapi.json
+++ b/openapi.json
@@ -38481,7 +38481,6 @@
               "type": "string"
             },
             "type": "array",
-            "maxItems": 200,
             "title": "Options"
           },
           "fact": {
@@ -51043,7 +51042,6 @@
               "type": "string"
             },
             "type": "array",
-            "maxItems": 200,
             "title": "Options"
           },
           "fact": {
@@ -54187,7 +54185,6 @@
               "type": "string"
             },
             "type": "array",
-            "maxItems": 200,
             "title": "Options"
           },
           "hint": {
diff --git a/src/api/apply/__init__.py b/src/api/apply/__init__.py
index 92a10e6c..5af53646 100644
--- a/src/api/apply/__init__.py
+++ b/src/api/apply/__init__.py
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ def location(self) -> str:
         return " | ".join(p for p in (full, self.city, self.state) if p)
 
 
+# Choices belong to the source form, not a fixed-size vocabulary. Keep the
+# complete list in both request paths so a valid answer cannot be cut off.
+ApplicationOptions = list[str]
+
+
 class Field_(BaseModel):
     """One field as the extension read it. kind is the widget: text, long,
     select, yesno, file, number, date. options are the select's choices
@@ -124,7 +129,7 @@ class Field_(BaseModel):
     label: str = Field(default="", max_length=4000)
     kind: str = Field(default="text", max_length=20)
     required: bool = False
-    options: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list, max_length=200)
+    options: ApplicationOptions = Field(default_factory=list)
     # A config-driven reader knows which fact a selector fills (first_name,
     # needs_sponsorship, resume); when it says so, the label is not read.
     fact: str | None = Field(default=None, max_length=40)
diff --git a/src/api/routers/apply.py b/src/api/routers/apply.py
index 674d544a..da044080 100644
--- a/src/api/routers/apply.py
+++ b/src/api/routers/apply.py
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ class SuggestField(BaseModel):
     key: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=300)
     label: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=4000)
     kind: str = Field(default="text", max_length=20)
-    options: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list, max_length=200)
+    options: apply.ApplicationOptions = Field(default_factory=list)
     # The profile's answer when the options did not recognisably hold it.
     hint: str | None = Field(default=None, max_length=200)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_apply_large_options.py b/tests/test_apply_large_options.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ac58918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_apply_large_options.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from api import apply
+from api.routers.apply import SuggestField
+
+
+def test_large_school_dropdown_preserves_every_choice():
+    # The reported university control contained 928 choices, not 200.
+    options = [f"University {index}" for index in range(927)] + ["Purdue University"]
+    payload = dict(key="school", label="School", kind="select", options=options)
+    resolved = apply.Field_(**payload)
+    suggested = SuggestField(**payload)
+    assert resolved.options == suggested.options == options
+    assert apply.pick_option("Purdue University", resolved.options) == "Purdue University"