Tmdsas

[r0entgen]

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Hey,

For those of you who used TMDSAS service to apply to Texas schools:

I am looking on the sample application at their site...and under the section where we write our personal statement essay, it says we are limited to 62 lines and 80 words/line. so 62x80= 4960 words. Are they really strict with this? Because I tried pasting my essay in, and the box didn't seem to limit me...I could even paste my essay in there 2 times! Is it like that on the real application? Or is it doing this only because it's a sample?

I did a wordcount with spaces in microsoft word, and it said my essay was 4906 words, which is clearly less than 4960. But when it gets pasted, some space is wasted due to paragraphs ending on a new line (i.e. when the paragraph ends, there is ONE word left on a new line...hence wasting that line)...so when i counted the lines, i had 70 lines...although the #words was less than 4960.

Is this something to worry about? Or is the restrictions very lax?

 

[monkeyboy126]

I've heard they are pretty strict with limits. A guy i know went over the limit and was told by the school or TMDSAS(i can't remember which) that he had to fix it. By the time he fixed the problem and resent the application in, there weren't anymore spots left. Just to be safe i would edit my personal statement to where it is actually under the limit.

 

[deebog01]

I've heard they are pretty strict with limits. A guy i know went over the limit and was told by the school or TMDSAS(i can't remember which) that he had to fix it. By the time he fixed the problem and resent the application in, there weren't anymore spots left. Just to be safe i would edit my personal statement to where it is actually under the limit.

When I did it last year, It didn't let me paste more than the exact amount into the text box. I think that if you set your resoultion high and look at the website, the text box won't even have a scroll bar. All the space in the box is all the space you get. In other words... I wouldn't be too concerned about it right now. Good luck.

-Deebog

 

[Painless]

i pasted my entire essay in, and the entire thing fit, but when I previewed what my application looked like, my essay had just been cut off at the limit of characters. I was glad as hell that I found it before I sent it in.

 

[ems5184]

You mean 4960 characters, not words, right? AADSAS limits you to 1000 words so I doubt very much that you could up to almost 5 times that length on TMDAS

 

[r0entgen]

You mean 4960 characters, not words, right? AADSAS limits you to 1000 words so I doubt very much that you could up to almost 5 times that length on TMDAS

yea, i meant characters, sorry...yeah my essay is only abt 800 words....but I"m not sure what the deal with the TMDSAS application is...I guess i needa look at it when it comes out...

 

[BigJ77]

yea, i meant characters, sorry...yeah my essay is only abt 800 words....but I"m not sure what the deal with the TMDSAS application is...I guess i needa look at it when it comes out...

I must not have the right link to the TMDSAS website. Would one of you mind sending it to me!? Thanks!
j

 

[BigJ77]

I must not have the right link to the TMDSAS website. Would one of you mind sending it to me!? Thanks!
j

I should add:The link I have has applications posted for the 2005 cycle.

 

[r0entgen]

I should add:The link I have has applications posted for the 2005 cycle.

hey bigj,
that's the link i have...2006 isnt available yet. i was just browsing the sample of 2005 to see what was required...

i still don't get it...the essay portion says we are limited to 62 lines and 80 characters...but i posted my essay TWO TIMES into the window, which is obviously more than 62x80...and it still allowed me to do it....

 

[bigbevo34]

hey bigj,
that's the link i have...2006 isnt available yet. i was just browsing the sample of 2005 to see what was required...

i still don't get it...the essay portion says we are limited to 62 lines and 80 characters...but i posted my essay TWO TIMES into the window, which is obviously more than 62x80...and it still allowed me to do it....

If you saved it and checked the section again, your essay should have been cut off around the 62nd line, give or take a few characters. So you can post more than the maximum, but once you save, it'll chop off any excess characters/lines.