<p>Does terrible handwriting reflect poorly on someone? I heard once that people with higher intellect think faster (and therefore write faster, making his or her writing more sloppy) than someone who is less intelligent, but handwriting that is particularly messy is seen in people with various intellect levels. I'm asking what you guys think of messy writers in general. By the way, I'm talking about writing that is still readable, but it looks bad.... writing that isn't readable is somewhat inexcusable in my opinion. </p>
<p>For me, neat handwriting makes a good impression and bad handwriting is neutral. My perception of the writer’s intelligence is influenced more by the quality of their grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation than anything else (which is almost as bad as judging people on handwriting).
I don’t believe that thinking faster should necessarily translate to writing faster, though. I probably don’t think very fast to begin with, but I write slower than I think whenever possible because I want to be precise and avoid errors. (My handwriting is always legible, but it’s not aesthetically pleasing. I hate trying to study for notes I’ve taken.)</p>
<p>^^I personally judge people on grammar, as well. I know that sounds bad since I don’t have perfect grammar myself, but oh well. My handwriting is also kind of terrible (still readable, though), which was why I asked in the first place.</p>
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They might get suspicious if you had a brilliant Common App essay and a really badly-written low-scoring SAT essay, but other than that I don’t really think they care about SAT/ACT essays. </p>
<p>I thought this much… Haha I deleted that in my comment since I thought it was kind of stupid, but you still quoted it minutes later, lol.</p>
<p>I agree that they probably would be suspicious, though.</p>
<p>I try to copy the handwriting of girls I know.</p>
<p>“I wasn’t cheating! I was looking at her handwriting!”</p>
<p>@halcyonheather best comment of the day^</p>
<p>Do some quick google searches on graphology. Some psychologists debunk it as pseudopsych, but it’s taught at Quantico and used by the police/FBI. Pretty cool stuff. </p>