<p>Which, if either, is considered a better way to apply, by mail or online?</p>
<p>Many admissions officers recommend online applications, because it's usually easier for both the applicant and the adcom.</p>
<p>I say online, typing looks better, but if you have a typo it is less justifiable.</p>
<p>The only downside of applying online is if your essay exceeds the word limit, it will be automatically truncated. I heard my predecesors complain this last year, so I'm still in two minds :-)
Can we download the application and type it in our own computer ?</p>
<p>I did everything by paper.</p>
<p>Paper!</p>
<p>I can't imagine how much tougher my whole application experience would've been had I used paper. I only did paper when I had to.</p>
<p>I'd say online all the way.</p>
<p>Katherine Cohen of IvyWise recommends paper... I don't know if that means anything, but I thought I'd just throw that out there.</p>
<p>I applied ED so I only had to do one.</p>
<p>I did mine online...it is so much easier that way! You don't have to worry about apps and other forms being lost in the mail and you can easily confirm that they were received by the college. If you submit apps online, it saves the admissions office time in transferring your info into the computer anyway, so try to make them happy!</p>
<p>but doesn't putting your app into an envelope, typing on good paper, doing it neatly, and then going to the post office and track it and comfirm it show the college that you really care about them and you put so much effort into it? </p>
<p>did i just do a runon?</p>
<p>6_rings</p>
<p>they don't see any of your hard work. all of your mail gets sent to a place where they open it and type it all into the computer. then the admissions board goes into their database and prints out everyone's forms. they don't see your fancy paper or your delivery confirmation or that other ****</p>
<p>I applied to all of my schools online. I also only payed one application fee because of it. There are so many schools that waive the application fee if you apply online. I would have had to pay $600+ on just applying to schools, I only payed $40. Applying online is especially useful if all/most of your schools are on CommonApp. Hell, it's worth it if only 3 or 4 are on CommonApp.
Here is a link to last year's CommonApp grid, but it shouldn't change too much this coming round. The very last column tells you whether or not the fee is waived for online submission:
<a href="http://www.commonapp.org/requirements.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.commonapp.org/requirements.pdf</a></p>
<p>I think the plain fact that schools are willing to lose thousands of dollars just so that they can receive applications online should say something. IMO, most schools prefer online submissions, but they won't think of a paper applicant any less because they mailed theirs.</p>
<p>A lot of schools prefer students to apply online...</p>
<p>I work in an admissions office and online apps are greatly appreciated. An online application is often reviewed a lot faster than a mailed in application would be. There are also various advantages that come with applying online. For instance, at Seton Hill University, a small liberal arts school located just east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the application fee is waived for students that complete their application online. </p>
<p>One final suggestion for you as well... a lot of schools accept common applications that can be filled out by students online and sent to all the colleges that they are applying to. </p>
<p>Feel free to check out Seton Hill University's homepage on the web <a href="http://www.setonhill.edu%5B/url%5D">www.setonhill.edu</a> ! In the meantime have a good one and good luck with everything!</p>
<p>university of chicago -- paper</p>
<p>=] Paper for me!</p>
<p>Yeah, looking back I'm glad I did all my apps on paper, I mean luckily when I had 12 apps that 11 of them were commonapp or else it would have been my funeral, but for some reason I just didn't like sending it online, and in the long run it def worked out for the better.</p>
<p>Well, put in context, Katherine Cohen (yes, I know I already cited her, but whatever) seemed to contend that adcoms will see the hard work you did when you did it by paper. I'll probably submit stuff online - does anyone know definitively?</p>
<p>I don't see how doing it on paper is any "harder" than doing it online. Your essays will be typed anyway. You have to do just as much thinking and planning either way. Online is simply more convenient, and less prone to errors and mishaps.</p>
<p>i would like to know more schools that waive app fees if you send it online.</p>
<p>carleton college waives app fees if it is online.</p>