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Wtf - Amcas Essay Length!!!!

Discussion in 'Pre-Medical - MD' started by DarkChild, Jul 30, 2002.

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  1. DarkChild

    DarkChild Senior Member
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    I can paste my essay into the AMCAS window fine - everything fits. It says I have 5294 characters.
    Then when I go to finish and the look at the essay again, my last line is cut off and it shows 5186 characters....
    WHAt's the deal!!!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
     
    #1 DarkChild, Jul 30, 2002
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  2. Adcadet

    Adcadet Long way from Gate 27
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    strange....how are you paragraph indentations? Does it show any when you do "print" your application?
     
    #2 Adcadet, Jul 30, 2002
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    this happened to a friend of mine, and some other people on here have mentioned it too. rather than call amcas and wait who knows how long to get it straightened out he just edited his essay down to whatever it was cutting off at (like 5164 i think). Yeah it sucks, but at this point, he just wanted to get it submitted and didnt want any more delays. Sorry, thats all the advice i've got.
     
    #3 kam730, Jul 30, 2002
  4. DarkChild

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    thanks guys - the $hitty thing is that this happened last year too..:mad:
     
    #4 DarkChild, Jul 30, 2002
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    did you finally work it out?

    Paste it from WORD into WORDPAD. then paste it from WORDPAD to the AMCAS. That seems to help others.
     
    #5 Tweetie_bird, Jul 30, 2002
  6. DarkChild

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    Tweetie - it didnt work.
    Thanks for the help though...

    :(
    Now I have to start chopping and hacking again. but it was soooo polished.....
     
    #6 DarkChild, Jul 30, 2002
  7. pocwana

    pocwana MD/MBA candidate c/o 2008
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    have you tried cutting and pasting only the first part, then manually typing in the last line(s)?
     
    #7 pocwana, Jul 30, 2002
  8. jot

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    mine did the exact same thing - and it spontaneously fixed itself after a couple days .... not quite helpful, but there is noting else you can do.
     
    #8 jot, Jul 31, 2002
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