Personal statement question

[deleted738762]

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Did you indent your paragraphs? It takes up a lot of character space and I thought maybe if I substituted a small space instead of an indentation it would be acceptable. What do you think?

 

[deleted738762]

I ended up using an indentation. Too see how it looked I saved it and downloaded the PDF of one of my schools and checked to see how the PS looked. But the indentations were not there. What the heck? Should I just delete the indentations?

 

[plusalpha]

Add a space between each paragraph

 

[deleted738762]

Add a space between each paragraph

I did that too and viewed it, but it looks there are no spaces. Even if I indent or add a space it looks like there is no space or indentation. It's just a waste of characters if you do.

 

[plusalpha]

Hmm, I see clear spaces between each paragraph when I download the PDF of my application.... so I don't know what you're doing differently.

 

[Hnl7]

That is odd - I recently submitted my application and added a space between my paragraphs. They remained when I viewed it and when I printed out my application later.

Maybe try to hit enter two times to make sure there is a space? (Just like SDN!) Hopefully you can fix this fast so you can start working on the supplemental apps!

 

[mariobrosdoctor]

I didn't indent paragraphs since it was a waste of space to do so. It did allow me to put a space between paragraphs though and it shows up like that on my PDF.

 

[deleted738762]

That's weird I'll try again. I added 3 spaces too let me try again.

 

[deleted738762]

nope didn't work.

 

[mariobrosdoctor]

nope didn't work.

Did you add the spaces in Microsoft Word first and then try copy/pasting? That's what I did and it worked for me.

 

[deleted738762]

Yea

 

[deleted738762]

I think I'll just hit enter and leave a break within the paragraphs. I noticed it only takes up 1 character, so it works because a space takes up 1 character too. However, this also looks better so I'll leave it like this.

 

[plusalpha]

I think I'll just hit enter and leave a break within the paragraphs. I noticed it only takes up 1 character, so it works because a space takes up 1 character too. However, this also looks better so I'll leave it like this.

I think that was what everyone above, including myself, was talking above.... hit the "enter" key, not the "space" key.

 

[deleted738762]

I think that was what everyone above, including myself, was talking above.... hit the "enter" key, not the "space" key.

oh yea I didn't see that lol.