Or should it just be the essay? Should it be single or double spaced? One school wants me to upload a word document for my essay, that is why I am asking.
@baseballboy99 if you have to upload an MS Word doc (I highly doubt it, they might accept other file formats), I would suggest double-spaced for readability purposes.
You probably won’t be citing or referencing sources as you would in an actual research paper, so I wouldn’t worry too much about formatting (MLA, APA, etc.) beyond that.