is it too short?

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Utterdevotion

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I've been working on my personal statement for some time now. It used to be longer than the 4500 character limit, and now after so many drafts, I think I finally got it to how I want it. But now it's under by about 850 characters. Do you think it's too short? Would the admissions committee say I lacked detail, etc?

Thanks so much for the advice!
 
Utterdevotion said:
I've been working on my personal statement for some time now. It used to be longer than the 4500 character limit, and now after so many drafts, I think I finally got it to how I want it. But now it's under by about 850 characters. Do you think it's too short? Would the admissions committee say I lacked detail, etc?

Thanks so much for the advice!
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It's not how long or short your essay is, it's all about what you say in it. In all fairness, it should be longer than two or three sentences, but I don't think that admissions want to read novels either.

I think that as long as you cover the important reasons why you want pharmacy, you should be fine. Whether it is four paragraphs or five is just silly.
 
i know it said 4500 characters but does that include space or no space? MS Word has a count for both.
 
I was going to post that size doesn't really matter, but I see that this post wasn't about what I was thinking.😀
 
When I first started writing my essay I just wrote in a stream on conscience kind of way and I ended up with two pages. After editing, and reworking it I got it down to about 4400 characters. I've had several of ppl read it and to them it flows rather smoothly and doesn't seem long at all. I think regardless of how long your essay is it needs to be coherent and doesn't appear like your just taking up space.
 
dgroulx said:
I was going to post that size doesn't really matter, but I see that this post wasn't about what I was thinking.😀
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It does, and mine is HUGE. 😉

I'm personally not too worried about this. You have your grades, your experience, your scores, so why worry about a silly essay? Just leave a few honest words. I'm not sure, but I imagine they appriciate senerity more than length, or creative writing.
 
I agree, you want it to be reasonable close to the specified length but more importantly you want it to tell the reader who you are and why you want to become a pharmacist. If it sounds good and relays the message: submit! 😉 Good luck!!!!:luck:
 
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