<p>on my downloadable pdf form of the app, the personal statement for harvard is just a gray square with no text. does that mean that we can write whatever we want, or is my computer messing up the app and i just cant read whatever is supposed to be there?</p>
<p>write whatever you want. I don't know why they blackened it out - the common app basically lets you write whatever anyways. its not your computer</p>
<p>what did you guys write for the personal statement since there is no specific question?</p>
<p>and how many words is everyone writing?</p>
<p>its optional, you know that, right?</p>
<p>because shaganov, some people have things to say that no one would imagine to ask them. even harvard.</p>
<p>i know, i meant it just as a general question of interest.... what are people chosing to write about?</p>