paragraph indent in AMCAS PS

[Gleevec]

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Hi,
I was wondering how people have been indenting the first word of a new paragraph in AMCAS? The best I can do seems to be an empty line in between paragraphs without indentation. I messed around in Word, my browser, and notepad to no avail.

Thanks for any help.

 

[efex101]

You cannot do anything (I think) about the indentation, I have also tried but cannot get it to work. Even if you type it directly into AMCAS mine did not indent.

 

[heelshmeel]

I also spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to indent last year on AMCAS...

I would just hit enter twice and have block paragraphs... It wont be that big of a deal... (in the long run, trust me, how your indentation looks means close to nothing!)

 

[usmaple]

I played around with this for a few minutes to no avail. I got the indents to show up in the actual text box where you enter it, but they never showed up in the printout version. I just figured that they want everything standardized. The block paragraphs look good anyway, so I would just go with them and realize that in the end, no one really cares.

 

[bosco]

I think block paragraphs (no indentations and blank lines between paragraphs) is totally appropriate.

 

[TroutBum]

Yeah block paragraphs is the way to go, with a blank line inbetween.

 

[IrishOarsman]

Dorky dorky fyi:

The reason why indents are not common on web page forms is that TAB is reserved for switching between commands (ie, as I post here if I hit tab I'm down on those buttons below the typing area.) I don't know if there is even a transmission character for tab in HTML (spaces are %20).

Basically, yeah, just do block paragraphs.

 

[SolidGold]

Don't worry guys, the indentations are not supposed to show up on the print out of your AMCAS from your computer. The schools will get a copy of your PS that will look exactly like it does on the web page AMCAS. Trust me because I caught a glimpse of my PS that the schools get from the AAMC at an interview and it looked perfectly formatted. Calling the AAMC about this will verify exerything I just said. You don't need the blank line separating the paragraphs. Just make it look like you want it to on the web page and you will be fine.

Funny how this topic has been brought up every year since the AMCAS has been on the internet. People seem to think that the schools get the exact same print out that you get when you print it out from your computer, but that is hardly the case. The AAMC send the schools a very nicely organized official copy on this yellow colored transcript like paper that looks nothing like the print out we get from our printers.

 

[HessExpress]

Maybe indentations are how adcoms choose new students and deny others...Adcoms obviously don't use logic in most other cases either!