problems entering personal statement into amcas

[texasranger2003]

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I typed out my personal statement into the AMCAS form, as was suggested in the directions. This is the problem: the tab key doesnt work in the amcas form, so instead I hit the spacebar to create my indents. When I pressed the continue button, the processor erased my indents and I have one huge block of text. Anyone else experiencing this problem?

 

[CMar830]

I typed out my personal statement into the AMCAS form, as was suggested in the directions. This is the problem: the tab key doesnt work in the amcas form, so instead I hit the spacebar to create my indents. When I pressed the continue button, the processor erased my indents and I have one huge block of text. Anyone else experiencing this problem?

Don't worry about indenting paragraphs - the program doesn't keep them anyways. Just separate paragraphs by hitting "enter", and it shouldn't appear as one big block of text.

 

[Avalanche21]

Ya, I never figured that out last year. As long as your statement looks neat, don't worry about the indents.

 

[Darkshooter326]

What about spacing between sentences. Some do one, two, or three spaces after the period. Why waste characters? Thoughts?

 

[sbs152]

Since there's no way to indent, are you putting lines between your paragraphs? That's what I'm doing, but it sucks that it's a waste of characters.

 

[notdeadyet]

What about spacing between sentences. Some do one, two, or three spaces after the period. Why waste characters? Thoughts?

Personally, I'm doing two spaces between sentences. I think it's easier on a readers eyes.

I've never heard of doing three spaces after a period. I'd avoid this. I don't think it's standard.

 

[nubbey24]

Personally, I'm doing two spaces between sentences. I think it's easier on a readers eyes.

I've never heard of doing three spaces after a period. I'd avoid this. I don't think it's standard.

The space you put between paragraphs only wastes 1 character total.

 

[Khanal007]

greaaat, my PS is entirely on word...is the safest option just to retype the entire thing? I tried a number of things to convert the word document to a text document, and my computer just goes crazy. I think I may just have to suck it up and retype...I lead a difficult life...

 

[notdeadyet]

greaaat, my PS is entirely on word...is the safest option just to retype the entire thing? I tried a number of things to convert the word document to a text document, and my computer just goes crazy. I think I may just have to suck it up and retype...I lead a difficult life...

If you go in to Word, do a save as plain text. Open the document with Notepad. You should have a plain text document without unnecessary carraige returns. Play around with the width of your window to make sure lines don't wrap. After you're happy with it, highlight all of the notepad document and paste it into the window.

 

[Darkshooter326]

If you retype the whole thing, make sure to proofread for errors, have fun 😍