Personal Statement Question

[nabeel76]

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I just tried to copy and paste my personal statement into the amcas primary app and just noticed that it counts the 5 space tab indent prior to new paragraphs as characters. The MS Word count for my PS is at 5298 characters w/ spaces. Can I just submitted it without indenting new paragraphs or will schools frown on that?

 

[JulyMorning]

There is no need to indent, or to leave two spaces between sentences (I doubt anyone has been doing the latter in their PS anyway). Also, whenever you start a new paragraph, it is counted as two spaces.
Just make sure the content is cohesive and clear 😀. The formatting is the last thing anyone would care about.

 

[nabeel76]

Cool thanks. That takes a load off of my back.

 

[JulyMorning]

Any time! 😀