What does my application look like to adcoms?

[pipettequeen]

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I hope it looks different than the PDF I can print, because it looks so messy and difficult to read. I spent a large amount of time crafting my Most Meaningful, Personal Statement, and MD/PhD essays, but they look so cramped on the PDF and if that's what they see, I'm worried adcoms will only skim what I've written. 🙁

 

[rueby25]

I hope it looks different than the PDF I can print, because it looks so messy and difficult to read. I spent a large amount of time crafting my Most Meaningful, Personal Statement, and MD/PhD essays, but they look so cramped on the PDF and if that's what they see, I'm worried adcoms will only skim what I've written. 🙁

Dude, everyone's looks the same. Stop worrying about things you can't control.

Or should I say Dudette? Either way, pipe down, pipette. It is what it is. The formatting isn't going to keep you out.

 

[BABSstudent]

I hope it looks different than the PDF I can print, because it looks so messy and difficult to read. I spent a large amount of time crafting my Most Meaningful, Personal Statement, and MD/PhD essays, but they look so cramped on the PDF and if that's what they see, I'm worried adcoms will only skim what I've written. 🙁

LizzyM once said it is a computer form for her and that she can select whatever she wants to read and have it come up. However, when I interviewed, one of my inteviewers had a print out copy of my application with notes written on it. So I think it varies depending on the preference of the reviewer.

And I wouldn't worry too much. Everyone's stuff is going to be cramped. It is just the nature of the game. I ended up using double spaces between paragraphs just to make it look nice, but that used a lot of excess characters.

 

[mcloaf]

Dude, everyone's looks the same. Stop worrying about things you can't control.

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