Using acronyms in statement of purpose?

[Ccceeewww97]

Is it ok to use the acronym SLP in my personal statement? Some of my schools have a 1 page limit and typing out speech-language pathologist takes up a lot of space lol

[bibliophile222]

In a research paper you would want to type out the whole thing first, then put the acronym in parentheses and use the acronym in the rest of the paper, like so: "I have wanted to be a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) since..." They'll like it if you follow the APA style!

[Ccceeewww97]

4 hours ago, bibliophile222 said:

In a research paper you would want to type out the whole thing first, then put the acronym in parentheses and use the acronym in the rest of the paper, like so: "I have wanted to be a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) since..." They'll like it if you follow the APA style!

Thank you:)

[thespeechblog.com]

I think @bibliophile222 got it exactly right!