Dumb Question: Can I use the abbreviation U.S. instead of "United States" in PS?

[premed2000]

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Like the title of the thread says, this is a really really dumb question. But I'd still like to find out an answer.

Can I use the abbreviation U.S. instead of "United States" in personal statement? Does this matter at all really? Just trying to save word count....haha

 

[loltopsy]

US is less formal. Go with United States.

 

[AdrianVeidt]

Doesn't matter one bit.

 

[BABSstudent]

Like the title of the thread says, this is a really really dumb question. But I'd still like to find out an answer.

Can I use the abbreviation U.S. instead of "United States" in personal statement? Does this matter at all really? Just trying to save word count....haha

I tended to go with naming it once with the full name and then with abbreviations.

But if you are going to abbreviated something, at least do it correctly. It's USA.

 

[alpinism]

Please refer to the US by its proper name in the world - "The Great Satan"

 

[Doctor Strange]

y

 

[darkjedi]

i believe its properly 'murica'

 

[kami333]

I tended to go with naming it once with the full name and then with abbreviations.

^ Same here.

And worst case scenario, you can abbreviate the first instance too and again back ~11 characters.

 

[jeffs office]

i believe its properly 'murica'

+1

 

[I Love Cats]

i believe its properly 'murica'

Stole muh funny!