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Personal Statement Character Limit

Started by OBGYN2010
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Hey All,

Alrighty...my personal statement is 2900 characters, and 498 words, but I still get that error message when I try to save it (but when I delete the personal statement and repaste the exact same thing there, I don't get it)...Is this a glitch in the system? Any insight anyone?

Thanks
 
OBGYN2010 said:
Hey All,

Alrighty...my personal statement is 2900 characters, and 498 words, but I still get that error message when I try to save it (but when I delete the personal statement and repaste the exact same thing there, I don't get it)...Is this a glitch in the system? Any insight anyone?

Thanks

It did that to me to, try typing the whole thing in, if it still doesn't work, you make have to take out words and make sentences shorter. That is what I had to do.