I’d be surprised if Scott Alexander would have included Constance’s comment in his post if he’d realised that she’d not spent any time on the applications that were rejected (obviously because she didn’t realise she was meant to!)
This is a minor point, but I did notice Constance’s revised application had long answers with lots of content, and as she said she spent two hours on it. Is this usual/expected?
I usually just write a few sentences for each question, and I don’t believe I’ve ever spent more than an hour on one.
I’m interested to discuss this, but am slightly confused about your 2nd paragraph haha: are you saying that you’ve never spent more than an hour on one question, or an hour on one application? Just because it reads like you’re saying the former, which obviously with at least 2 questions in the application, is compatible with Constance’s 2 hours on the application overall as well. Or are you interpreting her as saying that she spent 2 hours on each question?
This is a minor point, but I did notice Constance’s revised application had long answers with lots of content, and as she said she spent two hours on it. Is this usual/expected?
I usually just write a few sentences for each question, and I don’t believe I’ve ever spent more than an hour on one.
I’m interested to discuss this, but am slightly confused about your 2nd paragraph haha: are you saying that you’ve never spent more than an hour on one question, or an hour on one application? Just because it reads like you’re saying the former, which obviously with at least 2 questions in the application, is compatible with Constance’s 2 hours on the application overall as well. Or are you interpreting her as saying that she spent 2 hours on each question?
I’m saying I’ve never spent more than one hour on the application form.