Should I Turn In a Handwritten Essay?

College Essays
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<p>well…this is a sample of my handwriting:</p>

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<p>and my application is handwritten too btw…</p>

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<p>Yeah, don’t send it. Sorry.</p>

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<p>It’s so cute for a guy. ^____^</p>

<p>I don’t know.</p>

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<p>i think you should do it, i would.
its a really cool and original idea</p>

<p>plus consider how much youll regret it if you get rejected with a boring typed up essay.</p>

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<p>go with your gut feeling - you must have one ;-)</p>

<p>my gut feeling would be handwriting - it will really stand out, and you have nice writing, so why should it matter. Plus, it’s called PERSONAL essay, and what is more personal than handwriting your essay? ;-)</p>

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<p>The handwriting is not bad at all, but it’s not super unique or fancy. Whether to handwrite it or type it depends what your essays is about.</p>

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<p>If your application is handwritten, like you said, then I think you should definitely do it.</p>

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<p>In your case it makes sense to hand-write it.</p>

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<p>Sure, Harvard routinely admits people who have creative presentations. So do other top-notch schools. A caveat - it has to be perfect. If it seems gimmicky your essay is going to be laughed at.</p>

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<p>I have been walking around the house thinking about your handwritten essay. </p>

<p>“Why do all the cool ideas come to other people?”</p>

<p>“I should have thought of that.”</p>

<p>“Why? Why am I THAT unoriginal?” ;-)</p>

<p>…</p>

<p>Not to worry, my essays are all either in the mail or in their folders waiting to be read ;-)</p>

<p>But I had this cool idea (I think):</p>

<p>What if you write just, say maybe the first paragraph and a half by hand, then type the rest? That way, it won’t look sloppy and you can still write it by hand. I don’t know what you’re writing about exactly, but you could even tie in with the text: say you’re talking about the differences between typing and handwriting: then you could handwrite when you’re talking about handwriting and type when you’re talking about typing ;-)</p>

<p>Just an idea :-)</p>

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<p>there was a guy who applied to Brown that made his own font from his handwriting. Then he used the font to type his essays :smiley:
Guess what? he was admitted :P</p>

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<p>DO THAT! It would show that you not only are you creative, but have the know-how to create your own font.</p>

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<p>If you did it’d be the most BAMFing essay they got and you’d get accepted.
And do it on, like, ancient egyptian papyrus or something, that would just kill it :slight_smile:
haha, good luck!!!</p>