ubc_earnestw Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Is anyone else having a hard time coming even close to the 7500 char. limit for the NAQ section? I know its about quality over quantity, but just a little demoralizing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isaiah4110 Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 i still have 2000 characters remaining. I think the limit is there just to give us room if we have lots to write about - I dont think that is what they are expecting of us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Conciseness is apprecaited by the reader, so if you said what you had to and did a good job, jst be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new member Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 i have lots remaining too! Anyone listing self as verifier for activities that you can proof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmackj Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 don't put yourself down as verifier for anything, use a family member instead for things that can be proved with a letter etc. if you're applying right out of your 3rd year undergrad, you might be thousands of characters short of the limit and you'll still be fine. On the other hand, if it's been 5 years since you've been out of university, you should be hitting pretty close to the character limit since you should have been doing lots of things during that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplusgirl Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Well I was wondering if each of your activities is graded only under one of the categories in NAQ. Obviously many of them seem to fit under multiple categories and I know we are told to place it under the category that we think it applies to most, but the end decision rests with the judges. But do the judges just give marks for the category where the activity applies most? Or for all categories that tey feel relevant? Anyone have any ideas? Or any input? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maelstrom Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 i still have 2000 characters remaining. I think the limit is there just to give us room if we have lots to write about - I dont think that is what they are expecting of us i don't think we would have any trouble hitting the 7500 char mark if there wasn't a 350 char limit on each description; now we'd have to list like 20 activities for us to hit the 7500 limit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homoochan Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 i still have 5,500 characters remaining LOL I put all my stuff down on employment section and didn't want to dupicate it in NAQ section.. anyone with similar character remaining? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaM Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 I had about 3500 characters remaining and I have tons of naq, but I also have about 10 jobs in the work experience section as well. I doubt anyone is going to use up the limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finks Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 i don't think it matters either way, i have some left over but not a lot. i think what matters is how you describe your entries and that they are quality entries regardless of how many you have. some of mine are long term and some are shorter, just add what you have an describe them well. we really have no idea how they will be evaluated anyways so just do your best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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