<p>@bomerr </p>
<p>As if you know what a strawman argument actually is. But by necessity, if your claim that contractions used in a personal statement don’t look good, then it’ll weaken one’s personal statement, and hence, one’s admission prospects.</p>
<p>I just decided to show how patently absurd that is with my example from earlier. Actually, my example is similar to a tactic that lawyers and debaters use to make their argument, called “reductio ad absurdum.” You should read about it sometime.</p>
<p>Are you really going to defend the idea that personal statements are weakened by “excessive contractions”(However you’d measure that)? Do you even have evidence that admissions officers give a ■■■■ about this? I strongly, strongly doubt you do.</p>
<p>But then again, you never have evidence for your claims. This is why people don’t take you seriously on this board, or on any other.</p>