<p>I see many discussions about mailing your apps or using the online option. Several people have said that they are mailing the app because they want to attach a resume, and others say that they are mailing the app because the common app doesn't allow bold, italics, underlining, etc.</p>
<p>I am wondering this: when you mail the resume, and the app, they don't keep all of this in hardcopy do they? Don't they probably take your app and type it in for you? And you are assuming that they will type it in with the same care to typos, misspells, etc. as you would? </p>
<p>or do they keep the hard copy? If so then what do they do with the apps they receive online? Do they print them all out to create a hard copy? </p>
<p>I would think that since a great majority of their apps are online, that they probably convert the hard copy apps to online form, instead of print out all the online apps they receive.</p>
<p>Does someone know how this process works? Do admission officials read our essays on a screen? or do they print them out hardcopy and read them that way?</p>
<p>they scan them and then read them online. Most colleges really want you to submit your applications on line. You can always mail in supplemental material, but that should not be the reason you mail in the whole application. I dealt with many admissions offices last year because of foulups with various pieces of paper, and believe me, the fewer hands that have to process any part of your application, the better! It is very easy for paper applications to get lost in a blizzard of mail.</p>
<p>c'mon guys.........stop arguing about that....if they dont like paper app why would they still send out paper forms to people every year.....but if you are using common apps online is definitely preferred</p>
<p>I remember at one info session (I think it was Yale) they said they compile a list of everyone's stats and when they hold admissions meetings, each person has the list of stats in front of them, and only the reader in charge of your file actually has your file. So somehow all of those stats get entered. </p>
<p>I was just wondering. My college advisor REQUIRES us to print out all of our apps and mail them in. She feels this is preferential, but that doesn't make sense to me.</p>
<p>I think you should do as the college requests, not what your CA says. But DO print out and SAVE a copy of your application before you submit it, whether electronically or via the mail. You may need it if the college says they never got it..</p>