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Copy and paste as plain text.  \nMD/PhD (requires total hours of research experience)  \n◦ Additional MD/PhD Essay (3000 characters)  \n◦ Additional Significant Research Experience Essay (10,000 characters)  \nAMCAS APPLICATION GUIDE  \n5300 Character Personal Statement (spaces included)  \nUnlimited experiences, 600-character description  \n◦ Don’t go overboard on \\# of experiences!  \nFormatting does not appear to medical schools (bullets, indented paragraphs, bold/italic). Copy and paste as plain text.  \nAACOMAS APPLICATION GUIDE  \n[https://help.liaisonedu.com/AACOMAS_Ap](https://help.liaisonedu.com/AACOMAS_Ap)[plicant_Help_Center/Filling_Out_Your_AA](plicant_Help_Center/Filling_Out_Your_AA)[ ](plicant_Help_Center/Filling_Out_Your_AA)COMAS_Application  \nTEXAS TMDSAS differs from AMCAS  \nExperiences  \n• 300-characters (but also depends on the typeof experience – check TMDSAS)  \n • Unlimited \\# of experiences   \nEssays  \n1. 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