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Help Length

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:16 pm

Majority of schools ask for the personal statement not to exceed two double spaced pages but what if the personal statement is about 2 pages, just need 2 more sentences to be full 2 pages...
does that matter?

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Re: Help Length

Post by Stephgflores » Sun Nov 08, 2020 10:43 pm

Don't worry, it's okay if it's not exactly 2 pages. Some law schools just don't want you to exceed 2 pages.

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Re: Help Length

Post by nixy » Sun Nov 08, 2020 11:20 pm

If you just need two more sentences, I can pretty much guarantee that you can edit it down to get those sentences onto the second page.

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Re: Help Length

Post by Pneumonia » Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:50 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:16 pm
Majority of schools ask for the personal statement not to exceed two double spaced pages but what if the personal statement is about 2 pages, just need 2 more sentences to be full 2 pages...
does that matter?
If you are two sentences short of two full pages, then that's fine. If you have two sentences that flow onto a third page, then obviously you should edit down so that the third page isn't needed.

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Re: Help Length

Post by RandomInternetPerson » Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:57 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle

When in doubt, I tend to default to the above. Others may disagree.

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