Font and Size for Personal Statement

[Penemonie]

Does it have to be Times New Roman 12pt? Can I use Arial 11pt-will this appear to be too small/tight for the readers?

[01848p]

I used Arial 11pt font for one of my applications because the website stated explicitly that it needed to be no more than 2 pages in length, with no less than a 1" top margin. I intend to use Times New Roman 12pt font for the rest of the applications provided they do not have a page limit! I don't think Arial 11pt font is too small, it's pretty comparable to times new roman 12

[avflinsch]

Unless otherwise stated 12pt TNR with 1" margins seems to be fairly standard for formatted documents.

Oddly the one application that I am submitting gives no formatting requirements, it is submitted as plain text with a suggested 500-1500 word count only.