ERAS question

[nofear]

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hey guys, how long can my essay be in terms of word count. it says 28,000 characters, but what is the longest i can have or should have ???
thanks

 

[uclabruins47]

1 p

 

[nofear]

can you please explain the 28,000 character then...thanks

1 p

 

[uclabruins47]

28,000 is technically the limit as coded by the ERAS software, but no PD will read anything beyond 1 page.

 

[nofear]

so you are saying if its like 1 page and 5 lines they throw away the 5 lines???seriously???that dooesnt make sense to me that people claim there is the absolute one page rule????

 

[uclabruins47]

dude, obviously it's not THAT strict. but more or less around 1 p. ive heard max is 1 p and 1/5th of next page. but use a little judgement of course -- if your essay is stellar and it goes beyond 1 p of course u can keep the extra few lines

 

[nofear]

thanks bro

dude, obviously it's not THAT strict. but more or less around 1 p. ive heard max is 1 p and 1/5th of next page. but use a little judgement of course -- if your essay is stellar and it goes beyond 1 p of course u can keep the extra few lines

 

[Medical123]

I was told by both my faculty advisor and the program director at my school that my one and a half page essay was far too long. Both told me that faculty members are often reading several dozen of these things and that longer essays are usually not read closely.

 

[fang]

I was told by both my faculty advisor and the program director at my school that my one and a half page essay was far too long.

Well, my advisor said my 1 1/4 page essay was fine.

 

[nofear]

both of my advisors said if you are writing a borring story 1 page if it is interesting no more than 1 1/2 pages....

 

[BlueJayBill]

how bad is it to have submitted and have had 1-2 minor typos in the PS?

eek.

 

[fang]

Create a new document in which you fix them, then unassign the bad one and re-assign the good one. If programs have not PRINTED your PS yet, they will not have access to the old copy.