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Personal Statement question... # of characters?

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  1. DoctorsWife

    DoctorsWife New Member

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    An easy one...

    Does the 5300 character maximum include spaces/indentation/etc or not? Thanks in advance for an answer. :)
     
    #1 DoctorsWife, Jul 24, 2006
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    jackieMD2007 ***MVI***

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    Yes, yes it does.
    And RETURN (which you'll use to separate paragraphs because you can't indent) will cost you 2 spaces.

    EDIT: When you're using MS Word, go to Tools, Word Count, and Characters with spaces should give you what your count is. Don't forget to add in the space between paragraphs. :)
     
    #2 jackieMD2007, Jul 24, 2006
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    you should not attempt to indent because when you paste the text into the designated box, you lose all formatting. at the end of each paragraph, you should hit return twice to skip a line (it only counts 2 characters for that).
     
    #3 63768, Jul 24, 2006
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    Bubblehead-to-MD Emergency Blow!

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    Everything you need is in the previous two posts...gotta love my Jackie!
     
    #4 Bubblehead-to-MD, Jul 24, 2006
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    jackieMD2007 ***MVI***

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    Hay baby, gotta love you. :) YEAH BABY YEAH! Do I make you randy, baby! :laugh: :laugh:
     
    #5 jackieMD2007, Jul 24, 2006
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    Bubblehead-to-MD Emergency Blow!

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    YES, YES. NO! NO! Oh, behave!
     
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