Supplement Question Thread

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>lol, the supplement clearly says up to 250 words, so the limit is supposed to be 250</p>

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<p>^Right, but the characters allotted are 1800.</p>

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<p>I just realized that I submitted my app with four lines on the preview. Is that going to hurt me at all?</p>

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Though it’s always best to keep to the word limit Stanford has requested, no one is going to get rejected because they go slightly over the word limit. If it fits, it ships. I know a few people who have gotten in with nearly 300 words on their supplements.</p>

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<p>For the summers question, do they just want the main activities that we did?</p>

<p>For example,</p>

<p>2010 - cross country, internship, volunteering for group</p>

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Opportunity costs bra. You not writing something pivotal about yourself in those extra 4 lines could be the difference.</p>

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<p>No. I wrote more. It said two lines on the preview but I wrote four. It was ambiguous because it said four lines on the Common App page.</p>

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<p>more!? I don’t know what to say.</p>

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<p>Is anyone else having trouble viewing the print preview of the supplement?</p>

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<p>I had this same question…but problem solved! 4 lines on common app = 2 lines on the preview. If you had 4 lines on the preview, then 1) maybe it doesnt matter or 2) you didn’t follow directions. but it’s probably not a big deal</p>

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<p>Yeah FrenchSilkPie is probably right.
That being said, I’m happy with the length of my responses, and don’t regret they’re length anyways. Getting rejected would not be for that reason alone, I’ll call, if such happens.</p>

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<p>@Blackbanana, print preview doesn’t work (for me and some other people) in Safari, if that’s what you’re using, only Firefox and IE.</p>

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<p>****it does, you just have to turn off pop-up blockers. took me quite a while to figure out…</p>

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<p>I agree with Madshock–it would be a bit ridiculous if they rejected you because you wrote 2 lines more than what they wanted. </p>

<p>For the summer question, I listed my activities, but I wrote a bit more about the unique aspect of those activities that one glance wouldn’t tell you.</p>