Word count – Report and SLS (Self-reflection)

10 * 1024, somewhere close to 10000 Kb

and yes 10000 kb is the limit inclusive of all files but normally you can’t really exceed this limit

thank you Trephena, I’ll surely do as you have said. One more query, Should I really put an acknowledgement part in the RAP? or it is necessary?Plz advise

Hi everyone I’m really confused about the word count. Does the word count display in MS Word include the words in graphs and tables? If not how do you calculate these words?

@trephena

Hi i’m really confused about the word count. Ms word shows me a word count of 7194 words but it doesn’t include my graphs and smart art. So i’m not sure what to declare as my word count .. Do i have to count the all words and numbers in graphs or just the words in the title,legend and axis and add them to the ms word word count? It’s making me worried and i need to submit my RAP as soon as possible.

Thanks

@denmaster – where are you getting these figures from? The SLS self-reflection is 2,000 words overall. You need to write about what you learned from the whole experience so if you have used 800 words describing what you did, rather than how it affected you or your approach then you are not answering the question.

Think about what your weaknesses were in all the things at the start and now looking back how your skills have improved and abilities strengthened – that’s the approach you have to take with each question so that you answer all 4 properly.

@threphena

Thanks for your reply. However i’m still confused .. sorry. I pasted my graphs and smart art as images. In the graphs i have included numerical data..eg years and %s do i have to count thoses as well? cause word counts these numerics as words in the word count displayed..so sorry abt asking again.. i just want to be sure

Okay Thanks again.I only have one table showing revenues over the past 3 years which i pasted as an image other than that all other pictures are graphs and smart art.So i’ll just declare the ms word count on my cover page.

@denmaster and @Anna as always it is the QUALITY of the responses that matter not the actual number of words (hence the huge range for estimated number suggested by OBU of 350 – 650 words per question) If you read the FAQ on the SLS on our home page (written by me but endorsed by an OBU marker I personally know) you will see that it is looking at your own strengths and weaknesses you should be focussing on and reflecting what you learned from these from your personal perspective. Just writing about the things you did is NOT self-reflection. So rather than get fixated about number of words (as long as you do not excessively exceed or it is lower than 1800 total it will be ok) ensure that you do self-evaluation in every question as recommended by the marker.

@milan204452 -The word count for all topics is 7,500 and includes the title page, contents page and ends with the final words in the Conclusions and Recommendations section. The word count involved in charts and graphs is minimal when viewed against their utility as normally graphs and charts are the best way to show relationships and changes in the trends. This means that if your chart etc is clear you do NOT have to tell the reader about what the graph shows as it should be obvious (and if you do, you are just wasting words). This has two implications: graphs can actually save you words as it saves you repeating what the reader can easily see for themselves and secondly markers hate text that contains lots of figures as that is NOT what analysis is all about. (see some of the marker feedback on our “OBU Marker Speak” forum)

Note: Evaluation and analysis involves linking PEST & SWOT factors to the companies’ performances and explaining what has gone on and not just making statements of the obvious e.g. that gross profit has fallen because the cost of sales has risen – it is WHY COS has risen that needs to be investigated in terms of factors from the business environment and management decisions – see my article on Evaluation on our homepage: https://opentuition.com/obu

@milan204452 – to a certain extent it depends how they are formatted whether the electronic word count will pick them up. You will need to highlight the last work of text before the table and the first one afterwards and if you click on word count in MS Word it will show you how many words it has counted.

Embedded tables (ones pasted as images) tend not to be picked up by the word count at all BUT the markers will take them into account if the use of such means is excessive and if included the word count would exceed the limit. OBU has the right to fail on the basis that the student has tried to gain an advantage over others who have adhered to the wordcount and deliberately tried to circumvent it (in their opinion).

I mentioned the repetition as too often too many words and figures about changes in trends are used in the text when they were not needed (they add nothing) and none at all would have been preferable (figures on their own are tedious). If you are showing percentage differences in your figures in your table they do add some value, particularly if you highlight the percentages that are significant. 🙂

Hi,

As there is a word limit of 7500 for RAP.

My query is, can I utilize the words saved from part 1 and 2 in part 3?

Like, after completing part 1 and 2, I am left with 4800 words. Can I utilize all those words up to the limit or should I contain part 3 to maximum 4500 words?

Regards,

Please also read our FAQs on the homepage http://www.opentuition.com/obu
where an OBU marker explains the breakdown is for guidance only. The message I get from OBU is the markers are mainly only concerned that the word count limit is not exceeded (though I doubt they would fail if it was 7525 but any more they might….)