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Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:11 pm

If you have applied to transfer, how long was your personal statement? Some schools ask for 2 pages, Berkeley asks for 4.

Ash1taka · Post by **Ash1taka** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:24 pm

Stanford asks for "approximately 2 pages." I also called them and they confirmed that they preferred it to be double spaced. Mine ended up being just under 2.5 pages.

vrmsoccer · Post by **vrmsoccer** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 2:10 pm

1 and 3/4. I hate writing about myself.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 2:27 pm

Ash1taka wrote:Stanford asks for "approximately 2 pages." I also called them and they confirmed that they preferred it to be double spaced. Mine ended up being just under 2.5 pages.

where did you read this?

Valera · Post by **Valera** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 2:42 pm

Mine was 2 pages, single spaced, but with space between the paragraphs.

hellomellow · Post by **hellomellow** » Sat Jun 14, 2014 6:09 pm

When do transfers hear back? Do you guys know anyone that was able to transfer into Stanford

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:25 pm

Valera wrote:Mine was 2 pages, single spaced, but with space between the paragraphs.

Honest question, but why would you turn in a single-spaced essay when schools generally ask for double-spaced? I know that Stanford doesn't specify, but it seems gutsy to assume otherwise.

Valera · Post by **Valera** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 12:12 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Valera wrote:Mine was 2 pages, single spaced, but with space between the paragraphs.
Honest question, but why would you turn in a single-spaced essay when schools generally ask for double-spaced? I know that Stanford doesn't specify, but it seems gutsy to assume otherwise.

It's not a bad question. Honestly it didn't occur to me until now. They didn't ask, and I liked the content that I had written and couldn't figure out a way to cut it down without losing information. Two pages double-space is very little room. I added the space between paragraphs for readability. I have a really hard time believing that single-spacing would be the reason I wouldn't be admitted, when they didn't specify they wanted single-space.

Also, gutsy? Why not look at it as effectively using the space that they provide?

Ash1taka · Post by **Ash1taka** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 12:20 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Ash1taka wrote:Stanford asks for "approximately 2 pages." I also called them and they confirmed that they preferred it to be double spaced. Mine ended up being just under 2.5 pages.
where did you read this?

I believe it was on the application page itself, once you click the "Personal Statement" button.

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