Characters with spaces or without?

[dabiophyz]

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For the AMCAS PS. What's the deal?

Thanks

 

[PlayMeSomeMusic]

i thought 5300 including spaces but i could be wrong.. 😕

 

[spicedmanna]

i thought 5300 including spaces but i could be wrong.. 😕

Yes, the 5300 character limit includes spaces and also "hard" returns:

The available space for this essay is 5,300 characters (including spaces), or approximately 1 full page. Hard returns (‘enter’ key) count as two characters.

http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/2007applicationworksheet.pdf

 

[OncDoc19]

Including spaces. And 2 spaces for each "hard return" (enter key).