<p>OK, for anyone who thinks admissions officers care about contractions being used in personal statements, can you honestly imagine any of them saying anything along the lines of “well, he/she said ‘don’t’ instead of ‘do not’ one too many times and ‘won’t’ instead of ‘will not’ one too many times’. I’m not sure he/she deserves to be a student at this school.”</p>
<p>Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it?</p>