Odd personal statement formatting on UCAS site.

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I've finished my personal statement (under 4000 characters) and added it to the UCAS site. However, when I preview, it makes the lines really distorted with really large gaps in the lines, with sometimes only 2 or 3 words on the line before it starts a new one, despite it not being a new sentence or paragraph. This now means I am at 49 instead of 47 lines. How do I fix this?

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Reply 1

University of Suffolk student

Official Rep

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Original post by Averageguyy

I've finished my personal statement (under 4000 characters) and added it to the UCAS site. However, when I preview, it makes the lines really distorted with really large gaps in the lines, with sometimes only 2 or 3 words on the line before it starts a new one, despite it not being a new sentence or paragraph. This now means I am at 49 instead of 47 lines. How do I fix this?

Hello, I know what you mean, as I had the same issue when I wrote my personal statement. But to get it sorted, I copied all the text and pasted it in Word Doc. I made all the settings there, and once I'd had a desired result, I copied and pasted it in UCAS. I hope this will help you.
AS computing.

Reply 2

McGinger

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As above - first paste it into word and remove ALL formatting and line breaks.

Reply 3

PQ

PS Reviewer

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Original post by Averageguyy

I've finished my personal statement (under 4000 characters) and added it to the UCAS site. However, when I preview, it makes the lines really distorted with really large gaps in the lines, with sometimes only 2 or 3 words on the line before it starts a new one, despite it not being a new sentence or paragraph. This now means I am at 49 instead of 47 lines. How do I fix this?

Most applicants hit the line limit long before they hit the character limit.

Edit your PS down to 3,400-3,600 characters and it should fit within the line limit

Odd personal statement formatting on UCAS site.

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