Questions about personal statement for SF Match

[iapplicant]

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What is the character limit? I uploaded an (early) draft to see how the length of it is, and it seems to barely fit (but I still can't tell what the character limit is).

Also, is there a way to indent paragraphs? When I try to indent, and then look at the "preview" option, all of the paragraphs are non-indented. My statement is too long to leave gaps between paragraphs, so if I can't indent it looks like a huge wall of text, which is obviously not good.

 

[DrZeke]

I believe when I did this the text box would just cut you off if you tried to enter more than the limit. Most people I knew just wrote it in word and copy paste.

Also if I recall there was no indenting/fancy editing. But there were double spaces/lines between my paragraphs. If it's not letting you do that you probably need to cut down.

 

[Bronze Medal]

Agree with DrZeke. If you PS is too long for spaces between paragraphs then you need to shorten it. Once you can fit the spaces between paragraphs I would not worry about indenting. The formatting will look just fine.

 

[iapplicant]

CAS and I just really are not getting along. I cut it down so I could get a full space between each paragraph, but when I look at "preview" there is no space between the first and second paragraph. There is a space, however, in the text-entering box (non-preview version). I can't seem to fix this - any suggestions?

 

[Bronze Medal]

Try deleting all of the space between the first and second paragraphs so that it looks like one continuous paragraph. Then hit enter twice and re-add the space. That worked for me when I was applying.

 

[docjlud]

Are you using internet explorer? It made a difference for me as it is only optimized for IE