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Double-Spaced- submitted in 1.5 spaced. Now what?
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:32 pm
by Anonymous User
The subject says it all.... Used my standard personal statement that was 1.5 spaced (1.75 pages) for a school that requested double spacing. Does it matter?
Re: Double-Spaced- submitted in 1.5 spaced. Now what?
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:44 pm
by rinkrat19
You should be double-spacing for all schools.
Yes, they will notice, and they'll see that your PS is too long and that you are unable or unwilling to follow directions. How much that hurts you is anyone's guess, and probably depends on a whole lot of other factors, like what your numbers are compared to that school's medians, whether they need a tiebreaker to decide between you and someone else, and whether the adcomm reading your file is having a bad day.
Re: Double-Spaced- submitted in 1.5 spaced. Now what?
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:52 pm
by Scotusnerd
Anonymous User wrote:The subject says it all.... Used my standard personal statement that was 1.5 spaced (1.75 pages) for a school that requested double spacing. Does it matter?
Learn from it and don't do it in job applications. Follow the directions, no matter how strange.