<p>I had saved my personal statements in the format they told me to (.txt) and everything looked fine but when I submitted my app but when I looked back to review it, my personal statement had question marks before every paragraph. Ugh :(( Will this ruin my chances? Is there any way I can get it fixed?</p>
<p>i totally have the same problem. can someone answer this?</p>
<p>Yesterday my son submitted the application, and upon review he found both of his personal statements filled with a?? and other formatting gibberish, like some words that start with w, got broken down to be “w hy” instead of “why” etc. It made essay very difficult to read. That is a serious glitch in online application, especially given the importance of personal statement. I wonder how many other people experience it and how UC application administrators address this issues.</p>
<p>DS had the same issue first time he cut and paste. The he tried again by highlighting in Word, save as plain text then cut and paste. The only glitch was a larger space between words in one sentence . We aren’t going to worry about that.</p>