<p>"Respond in two lines or less, and do not feel compelled to answer using complete sentences."</p>
<p>Two lines or less, that's like, 70 characters. The box allows for 300 characters. Which is the actual restriction, the two lines or the 300 characters?</p>
<p>Same Question!</p>
<p>anyone?..</p>
<p>… You guys are seriously that worried? Just answer the question in the space provided. Sheesh! haha</p>
<p>lol this is my first time applying to universities, yes. </p>
<p>what I’m really asking is how serious is Stanford on this two lines restriction thing? I don’t want to make it seem like I can’t follow instructions. it’s very tempting to go pass two lines when you’re offered 300 characters.</p>
<p>They just don’t want people thinking that they need to write some sort of sparkling mini-essay. Just be yourself for that portion. That’s what they want.</p>
<p>so it doesn’t matter if it’s slightly over 2 lines?</p>
<p>Teahouse, is there a print preview option? If so, you can see if anything is cut off and adjust accordingly. As I recollect, it will cut you off before 300 characters, but I’m not sure.</p>
<p>^ yup, the 300 char cutoff is still there.</p>
<p>In any case its much more important that you say something meaningful. Don’t worry about going over two lines, just make sure there aren’t any useless words in your answers.</p>
<p>I would have fun with these questions. It is an opportunity to show your personality and passion. Don’t make it another exercise in essay writing. Sometimes less is more…</p>
<p>thank you for these comments. :)</p>
<p>It says “…and do not feel compelled to answer using complete sentences.”</p>
<p>Just write whatever you feel is most comfortable for you. I’m pretty sure even just listing items separated by commas would be perfectly fine.</p>