What if my statement of purpose is too long?
The program says the statement of purpose should be no longer than two pages. I am working on trying to make it two pages. They want you to cover so many things in it that it is hard. Two of the things want you to cover has three things as part of it. What would happen if it is two and a half pages. Is it better to have it too long or not included everything that they ask for? I’m not sure I can make it all fit into two pages.
It makes you look like an idiot in my opinion if you cannot get it down to two pages. That is to say, you are unable to follow instructions.
Everyone has to write statements covering many aspects of their life in a short essay. You need to learn how to do it, no excuses. Your essay is going to be better if you can figure out how to be succinct anyway. Being able to write a lot is easy, writing concisely is a skill.
Do not try and pull sneaky bs like 1.5 spacing it (if they demand double spaced), or making margins wider. That is childish in a way.
January 15th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
It makes you look like an idiot in my opinion if you cannot get it down to two pages. That is to say, you are unable to follow instructions.
Everyone has to write statements covering many aspects of their life in a short essay. You need to learn how to do it, no excuses. Your essay is going to be better if you can figure out how to be succinct anyway. Being able to write a lot is easy, writing concisely is a skill.
Do not try and pull sneaky bs like 1.5 spacing it (if they demand double spaced), or making margins wider. That is childish in a way.
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