CommonApp - Print Preview

Applying to College
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<p>I was wondering, what's the purpose of this... CommonApp really stresses that you print preview everything before you send it -- If anyone knows, is that because the colleges read all your information on paper, meaning they print everything out as hard copies before assessing it ?</p>

<p>Same with the supplements -- All my supplement info was inserted into that specific college's little form thing... So do they just print out all of those / go through the process with everything physically in front of them versus reading via computer text ?</p>

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<p>I just did it on the preview... I think it's so you can catch your mistakes better.
I had a really weird thing happen on an essay that I copied from word... it cut out about 4 sentences and replaced it with about 3 words of random letters.
the print preview just makes things easier to notice.</p>

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<p>It's because when colleges view your app - they'll view it in that form. Furthermore, some people like to just do the print preview and then just print it out and send it to colleges. That way people (like me) don't have to waste time filling out the same info a bajillion times.</p>

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<p>I think it is likely that the college admissions officers review your application in printed form, so it makes sense for you to preview how your app will look when printed.</p>

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<p>That's how they see it whether they print or whether view it on line. It's like getting a PDF - looks the same either way.</p>

<p>You preview it so you see that nothing's missing, nothing's cut off, etc. You also see that all your formatting is gone.</p>

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<p>I wrote my essays in textpad and copied it into the Common Application... When I hit print preview the formatting was all off, so I had to go in and fix it. So YES it is important!</p>