Personal Statements

[_sonwin]

So I am currently writing my personal statement...and the max word count posted on pharmcas is 4500 (guessing around 8-10 pages?) So I just wanted to know how long were your personal statements and what is the average length?

 

[mbpuffer]

It's 4500 characters so it should be no where close to 8 pages. Mine is around a page and a half.

 

[_sonwin]

It's 4500 characters so it should be no where close to 8 pages. Mine is around a page and a half.

ooooohh characters. That sounds a lot better... thanks!

 

[bdomain]

It's really not about quantity, IMO the more concise, the better. It shows stronger grasp of language!

 

[Mur7ay]

So I am currently writing my personal statement...and the max word count posted on pharmcas is 4500 (guessing around 8-10 pages?) So I just wanted to know how long were your personal statements and what is the average length?

Definitely not eight pages. I believe when i wrote mine it was a page and a half to two pages

 

[sphuan2]

mine was about 2.5 pages double-spaced (4475 characters). so thats around the max that you should have.