any advice would be appreciated! thanks!
PS Formatting Forum
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hearsay77
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PS Formatting
is there any consensus on formatting personal statements when the school doesn't provide any guidelines? i'm struggling to get it down to 2 pages for some schools, is it okay if I reduce margins/font/spacing/etc? how much is okay? how much is too much?
any advice would be appreciated! thanks!
any advice would be appreciated! thanks!
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rinkrat19
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Re: PS Formatting
Academic standard: Times New Roman or Garamond, 12 or 11 pt., double-space, 1" margins. Page limits are absolute; thou shalt not exceed. Using fiddled margins or spacing will stand out like a giant zit in a pile of identically-formated essays.
Deviating from the standards in any way tells the adcomms:
1. I don't respect your instructions, and by extension your school, enough to follow your page limit, or
2. I didn't read your instructions, or
3. I am not a good enough writer to cut my shit down.
No matter how awesome you think your PS is, it can be cut in length and will probably be better for it.
Deviating from the standards in any way tells the adcomms:
1. I don't respect your instructions, and by extension your school, enough to follow your page limit, or
2. I didn't read your instructions, or
3. I am not a good enough writer to cut my shit down.
No matter how awesome you think your PS is, it can be cut in length and will probably be better for it.
