Guest Jazz Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 Does anyone know whether we are allowed to go over 1000 words for the personal statement if we stay under the 8000 character limit set by OMSAS? Thanks, and good luck to those applying this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kirsteen Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 Hi there Jazz, The application question mentions a 1000 word limit, but the electronic application pays no attention to your number of words; instead, it counts your number of characters. So an 8000 character limit (with a couple of thousand two-letter words if you wish ) is it. Cheers, Kirsteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jazz Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 Thanks Kirsteen, you've been so helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ollie Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Hi, Anyone know if the character count includes spaces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gonzo23 Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 I'd suggest just pasting your draft essay into the OMSAS UT section. It will tell you how many characters you have, and tell you if you go over the limit. Much better than trying to estimate it on your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kirsteen Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Hi Ollie, Yes, the 8000 character count does include spaces as well as at least one character per line space between paragraphs. Cheers, Kirsteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Namgalsip Posted September 20, 2003 Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 Hey, If it's anything like last year, each time you press enter for a new paragraph it takes away 4 characters from your word count (it took me a while to figure our why the charecter count on Word doesn't coincide with Compass). In addition, when you press on preview, all paragraph breaks dissappear (they fix this when they print the copies for each school). I hope they made some changes this year. Nams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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