Help Length Forum

[Anonymous User]

Majority of schools ask for the personal statement not to exceed two double spaced pages but what if the personal statement is about 2 pages, just need 2 more sentences to be full 2 pages...
does that matter?

[Stephgflores]

Don't worry, it's okay if it's not exactly 2 pages. Some law schools just don't want you to exceed 2 pages.

[nixy]

If you just need two more sentences, I can pretty much guarantee that you can edit it down to get those sentences onto the second page.

[Pneumonia]

Majority of schools ask for the personal statement not to exceed two double spaced pages but what if the personal statement is about 2 pages, just need 2 more sentences to be full 2 pages...
does that matter?

If you are two sentences short of two full pages, then that's fine. If you have two sentences that flow onto a third page, then obviously you should edit down so that the third page isn't needed.

[RandomInternetPerson]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle

When in doubt, I tend to default to the above. Others may disagree.