<p>Which format should I use when uploading supplemental essays and such?</p>
<p>PDF better retains my formatting and ensures that we both see it the same way. I would rather use PDF.</p>
<p>DOC might be more widely used and guarantees they will be able to open in.</p>
<p>What are your thoughts? What do you use?</p>
<p>“DOC might be more widely used and guarantees they will be able to open in.”</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that opening a pdf wouldn’t be too much of a challenge for them :P</p>
<p>If you’d rather use pdf, use pdf.</p>
<p>You can upload any common document format - everything is converted to PDF by the Common App Online system when you upload it.</p>
<p>really? thanks I didn’t know that. so would it re-convert my pdf or just leave it alone?</p>
<p>It will optimize it and make sure it’s a good file (not corrupt), but it should basically look unchanged from the version on your computer.</p>