REL Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 So I've been playing with my essay and trying to finalize it. But it's really weird: even if you have a lot more than 7500 characters, the preview application option has all the text in there. The admissions office told me that if you can see the text in the preview page, then it'll be included. Any thoughts on this discrepency?!? Also, My essay is 2 pages in word, 12 point font, times new font. It all fits in 2 pages but it's 7650 characters. Again he admission office told me to make sure it's less than 2 pgs and it'll be fine. Anybody else in the same scenario? thnks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoithinkyouare Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 I'd trim 'er down to 7500... If you put two spaces after periods, change them all to one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superking25 Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 I'd trim 'er down to 7500... If you put two spaces after periods, change them all to one. I saved 46 characters that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REL Posted September 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 So the 2 page limit isn't very accurate then hey?? but i'll cut back to 1 space between sentences. Thanks for that Any other suggestions?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REL Posted September 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 One more issue I'm having with the essay; the instructions say: You will receive an error message if your essay is longer than the allotted number of characters. This is not the case for me...anybody else?? I'm a bit frustrated with this since there isn't a character counter as there is in the majority of the application. And I would hate it if the last sentence gets cut-off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgmed23 Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 DO NOT go over the 7500 characters. They will cut the rest of your essay off. It is better and well worth it for you to cut it down and show them that you can follow instructions. Also, i noticed that once i started cutting things down the essay was much better, more concise, more to the point and stronger. Sorry, If you can't paste it on there, you will have to type it all out. Frustrating, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avenir001 Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 for anyone who can't cut & paste and doesn't wanna retype, just download firefox...that's what i did last night and i was able to cut & paste it in there..thanks to vippy for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REL Posted September 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Thanks avenir for your help man with checking the error message. I just went back and cut out a lot of stuff...it was tough but it's freakin done. Just submitted and it feals awesome to finally finish. All the best during the long wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
End3r Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 thanks for the tip about firefox I haven't tried it yet but if it works that is amazing. The thought of retyping my essay seeming a little archaic (sp?) glad to hear others are still working on theres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloken Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 I just wandered here from the dent forums and this thread caught my eye. Jeez...7500 characters...you med applicants are lucky. I'm applying to UBC dent and we get a 400 and 500 word limit for 2 essays, which works out to around ~5000 characters total. I'd kill for that extra 2500. Making tough cuts and revising things is starting to get a little old for me. Anyways, good luck to everyone with essay finalization. cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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