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Anybody know the exact number of characters that our personal statements are limited to?

Also, if there are any Nova acceptees that are willing to answer some questions I have is it ok if I pm you?
 
Anybody know the exact number of characters that our personal statements are limited to?

Also, if there are any Nova acceptees that are willing to answer some questions I have is it ok if I pm you?

Are you referring to the primary or secondaries? I limited the secondary to about a page.
 
primary.

Also for secondary what formatting did you use? ( font, spacing, size..etc)