ESSAYS! Do we double-space or single-space?

College Essays
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<p>Do we double-space or single-space?</p>

<p>Like for U-Penn's app, it just says "do not exceed one page"</p>

<p>however, do colleges prefer single or double-spaced essays? (or even 1.5 space. just any space)</p>

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<p>Double-spaced. After reading essay after essay, they start to blur together, so make it easy for adcoms to read your essay.</p>

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<p>So the college essays should be one page and double spaced? (Will there be enough space for around 500 words?)</p>

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<p>Bump (10 chars)</p>

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<p>It depends, if you are sending electronically (especially on the common app where your essay will be truncated if too long), you should single space.</p>

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Double-spaced. After reading essay after essay, they start to blur together, so make it easy for adcoms to read your essay.

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<p>I agree but also after reading essay after essay, to pick up and essay that is 2/3 pages or more is also going to be a turnoff and not get read. No amount of spacing will make up for good editing.</p>

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<p>I like one and a half spacing...... Single spacing is too tight; Double spacing is a bit annoying and can give the impression of too long an essay.</p>