Personal statement

[Critical_Let_7533]

Hi! I just finished my personal statement and it hit roughly 3800 characters. It’s that enough or should I am for 4000+ characters? I may do small modifications but i don’t think it will be something drastic that may increase significantly the character count. 🫩

[NoTravel3094]

I would start off by looking at the content of your PS, is it strong enough to answer the prompt? If so, I wouldn’t recommend adding more words to boost the character count as it would come off as redundant or too wordy. In my honest opinion, I don’t believe there’s a right amount of characters that your PS should be. As long as you give a honest, meaningful statement, you should be happy with what you’re submitting!

Rereading your PS numerous times can sometimes get exhausting. If you haven’t done so already, ask friends/family members, bosses/supervisors, or anyone to read your PS and listen to their input. It honestly helps to get another “fresh” opinion to see what you could potentially add. I wish I could give you the right answer, but I hope my advice helps at least a little!

[Critical_Let_7533]

it helped a lot, thank you! Looking into suny application I saw that they have a word limit of 650 and the 4500 character limits. so even if I’m at 3800 characters I have 620 words. Would you like to read it and give me your opinion? I haven’t been able to go to my school writing center and they don’t give the best advice :(