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Problems With Truncation On the Common Application

Posted by timothy on from the when-idiots-set-limits dept.

jaroslav writes "A combination of rigid caps on space and poor documentation of the space limits is adding stress on students applying for college using the Common Application, the New York Times reports. The story explains that the application lists word limits for questions, but actually enforces space limits. As a result, an answer with wide characters, such as 'w' or 'm,' may run over space even without reaching the stated word limit. It is not explained why an electronic submission must have such strictly enforced limits."

2 of 135 comments (clear)

  1. E-mail address? by Skapare · · Score: 1, Funny

    They want an e-mail address? That's so 1990's.

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    now we need to go OSS in diesel cars
  2. Re:1024? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because being smart means knowing linux commands. Because everyone applying to college is majoring in Computer Science or other tech related fields. Fuck off, troll.