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Hildegard15 · Post by **Hildegard15** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:46 pm

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curlious · Post by **curlious** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:49 pm

Hildegard15 wrote:
slippin_jimmy wrote:
curlious wrote:Quick neurotic question about the PS: are you all using 12pt font and 1-inch margins? After a lot of editing, my PS fits on 2 pages perfectly at size 11 font. Do any of the schools specifically note that it has to be formatted w/ size 12 font? Thanks!
Most I've seen have said 11pt font, so I've been doing Times 11pt with 1" margins.
11 pt font and whatever default margins are on my comp

Awesome, thanks! You've saved me from another day of endless adjective and comma deleting!

barley · Post by **barley** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:53 pm

curlious wrote:
Hildegard15 wrote:
slippin_jimmy wrote:
curlious wrote:Quick neurotic question about the PS: are you all using 12pt font and 1-inch margins? After a lot of editing, my PS fits on 2 pages perfectly at size 11 font. Do any of the schools specifically note that it has to be formatted w/ size 12 font? Thanks!
Most I've seen have said 11pt font, so I've been doing Times 11pt with 1" margins.
11 pt font and whatever default margins are on my comp
Awesome, thanks! You've saved me from another day of endless adjective and comma deleting!

I actually managed to do 12pt with 1 inch margins, but most instructions I've seen say 11pt minimum - I'm sure you're fine.

In other news, I finished editing my DS!

Dcc617 · Post by **Dcc617** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:54 pm

curlious wrote:
Hildegard15 wrote:
slippin_jimmy wrote:
curlious wrote:Quick neurotic question about the PS: are you all using 12pt font and 1-inch margins? After a lot of editing, my PS fits on 2 pages perfectly at size 11 font. Do any of the schools specifically note that it has to be formatted w/ size 12 font? Thanks!
Most I've seen have said 11pt font, so I've been doing Times 11pt with 1" margins.
11 pt font and whatever default margins are on my comp
Awesome, thanks! You've saved me from another day of endless adjective and comma deleting!

If there are a bunch of commas and adjectives that you can delete without taking away meaning or making the essay sound clumsy, then you should consider taking them out. Also adverbs. F*** adverbs.

whacka · Post by **whacka** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:55 pm

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Generally · Post by **Generally** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:56 pm

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Hildegard15 · Post by **Hildegard15** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:07 pm

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curlious · Post by **curlious** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:09 pm

Generally wrote:
slippin_jimmy wrote:
curlious wrote:Quick neurotic question about the PS: are you all using 12pt font and 1-inch margins? After a lot of editing, my PS fits on 2 pages perfectly at size 11 font. Do any of the schools specifically note that it has to be formatted w/ size 12 font? Thanks!
Most I've seen have said 11pt font, so I've been doing Times 11pt with 1" margins.
No less than 11 font and 1" margins, double spaced and you are good.

That's where I'm at now and am ready to call it a day. Thanks!

Dcc617 · Post by **Dcc617** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:10 pm

Hildegard15 wrote:
Dcc617 wrote:
If there are a bunch of commas and adjectives that you can delete without taking away meaning or making the essay sound clumsy, then you should consider taking them out. Also adverbs. F*** adverbs.
Except dc I think you have a more direct writing style than some. I base this off our ps swap. some people like having flowy sentences

Fair enough. I still hate adverbs though

benwyatt · Post by **benwyatt** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:11 pm

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slippin_jimmy · Post by **slippin_jimmy** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:17 pm

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curlious · Post by **curlious** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:19 pm

slippin_jimmy wrote:UGHHHHH jealous of you folks calling it a day and now I'm just settling in with my google drive full of essays.

Don't worry I just meant with my personal statement -- still have a few of Why X essays to write and edit.

Hildegard15 · Post by **Hildegard15** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:22 pm

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curlious · Post by **curlious** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:24 pm

Dcc617 wrote:
Hildegard15 wrote:
Dcc617 wrote:
If there are a bunch of commas and adjectives that you can delete without taking away meaning or making the essay sound clumsy, then you should consider taking them out. Also adverbs. F*** adverbs.
Except dc I think you have a more direct writing style than some. I base this off our ps swap. some people like having flowy sentences
Fair enough. I still hate adverbs though

I absolutely hate them too!

barley · Post by **barley** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:25 pm

Hildegard15 wrote:Continuing with the various ways hilde has lost her mind, last night I dreamed harvard's 25 percentile gpa went down to a 3.71. I am not well guys. My new theme song for law school applications is unwell by matchbox 20

benwyatt wrote: This sounds serious.
I'm staging an intervention

Dcc617 · Post by **Dcc617** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:26 pm

barley wrote:
Hildegard15 wrote:Continuing with the various ways hilde has lost her mind, last night I dreamed harvard's 25 percentile gpa went down to a 3.71. I am not well guys. My new theme song for law school applications is unwell by matchbox 20

benwyatt wrote: This sounds serious.
I'm staging an intervention

I know. Matchbox 20 sucks!

barley · Post by **barley** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:28 pm

Dcc617 wrote:
barley wrote:
Hildegard15 wrote:Continuing with the various ways hilde has lost her mind, last night I dreamed harvard's 25 percentile gpa went down to a 3.71. I am not well guys. My new theme song for law school applications is unwell by matchbox 20

benwyatt wrote: This sounds serious.
I'm staging an intervention

I know. Matchbox 20 sucks!

But actually, I think there's something wrong with all of us. I looked at the CO '18's applicant thread/Compendium equivalent, and it was only 123 pages. It took them til January to get to the page count we're at now.

benwyatt · Post by **benwyatt** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:31 pm

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Hildegard15 · Post by **Hildegard15** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:33 pm

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Hildegard15 · Post by **Hildegard15** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:34 pm

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Generally · Post by **Generally** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:46 pm

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whacka · Post by **whacka** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:46 pm

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Generally · Post by **Generally** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:48 pm

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Dcc617 · Post by **Dcc617** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:50 pm

Generally wrote:
Hildegard15 wrote:
Dcc617 wrote:
I know. Matchbox 20 sucks!
Don't make me fight you dc. I will win.
First cd I bought was matchbox 20. I will always love them.

Everybody persecutes me in this thread. I'm basically a martyr.

urbanist11 · Post by **urbanist11** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:51 pm

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