Problems With Truncation On the Common Application

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."

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Re:Lots of forums have to big spaces and to small

[Anonymous Coward]

Do you read what you type? Do you even speak English? Do you mean "forums" or "forms"? WTF do you mean by "spaces that are to big spaces"? Or for that matter "and ones that are to small"?