<p>I know this may seem like such a small, insignificant detail, BUT...</p>
<p>With all of the applications coming out sooner rather than later, I was wondering:
Is it best to type applications or hand write them? I would prefer to hand write them but if colleges would find that sloppy/unprofessional, I would reconsider.</p>
<p>I can't wait to get started on these apps. And no, that was not sarcasm. :D</p>
<p>Well with typing them, I'm guessing you plan to mail them in, in which case I would think it would be best to type all parts of an application that you can and hand write in everything you can't, in order to keep it neat which is probably the best plan.</p>
<p>many are done online, some are done by hand, some are a combination of both</p>
<p>my D would hand write some of the application and then paste in her typed essay</p>
<p>you actually have a typewriter? really?</p>
<p>put it this way, if you are doing a paper application, handwritten is just fine, typewriting it is kind of quaint</p>
<p>i remember typing in those tiny spaces, trying to line up the spaces and the ball thingy, whiting stuff out, etc</p>
<p>Believe me, handwritten neatly is just fine, typewriters are a rare thing these days, and many schools have applications online, and encourage you to use them</p>
<p>but if you want to do a hard copy, you can always fill the app out online, print it out and send it in that way</p>
<p>what kind of typewriter do you have?</p>
<p>i agree with you about not being able to wait to start on the apps. =P</p>
<p>anyway- type your essays. the rest you can hand-write... but the essays should probably be typed.</p>
<p>I am serious, who OWNS a typewriter? really, you have typewriters?</p>
<p>most people don't and hand write the apps if not done online and it is just fine, promise</p>
<p>I don't know one of my Ds classmates who actually owns a typewriter and who typed an application</p>
<p>Believe me, the college won't care if its typed or handwritten, so long as it is neat, and yes it is best to type the essay and put ontp application, but you don't need to stick that application into a typewriter-egad</p>
<p>If by typed, you mean on the computer and printed and pasted, cool, but to actually use a typewriter in those tiny little spaces?</p>
<p>let us clarify the termonology please, you may think me dense, but the idea of typing onto a hard copy of an application is just strange to me- the spacing, the borders, the lining of stuff up</p>
<p>seriouslly, to the OP, do you actually have a typewriter and were you going to try and type in those forms?</p>
<p>as I stated, i don't know one person who owns a type writer, and last person I saw use one only used it at work to make labels for files, so colleges would actually be surprised by a typeform that was done on a typewriter</p>
<p>citygirlsmom, you seem so...shocked! I thought the exact same thing, I remember my mom trying to type out a job application when I was younger. The best part: she ran out of ink halfway through, and when she tried to buy a new ribbon (correct term, no?) she was told that the company didn't make them anymore! To answer your question, I do have a typewriter, probably the product of being raised by a secretary who learned to type in the late seventies. Mine is a Royal, I'm not sure about the model number, but it's a horrid pink-brown. I do remember "playing" with it when I was about five, and becoming so frustrated with it that I probably would've recreated that Office Space scene had I the opportunity.</p>
<p>If at all possible, your should type your essays. I would think if I were a slightly overworked adcom reader, it might be irksome if your written word causes me difficulty in reading it. Might it affect you adversely? Maybe. Maybe not. But why chance it?</p>
<p>Regarding the other portions of your paper app, I don't think it would matter as long as it was legible.</p>
<p>If you have neat handwriting, go ahdead and write them (except for the essay). If, however, your handwriting is terribly messy, like mine, type them.</p>
<p>I actually DO have a typewriter. I'm not sure of the brand, it's stashed in a closet somewhere. You'd be surprised how many people have typewriters.</p>
<p>I had all intentions to type out the essays... but for some reason I don't really want to do the apps online... we'll see. :)</p>
<p>The only reason I'm asking is because my counselor told me in ninth grade that I should find some way of typing my apps or paying someone to type them. I was just curious, out of those who DO use paper applications, how many type and how many write.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>Type -- everything.
I have served on scholarship committees including for a Fortune 500 company. No one's handwriting is as easy to read as is typed or word processed copy.</p>
<p>You don't need a typewriter. You can word process the answers and then manually cut and paste them on the application, then copy the application using a copier so you can send the colleges a neat looking copy.</p>
<p>Do the apps online, print and then send via snail mail</p>
<p>Do the applications online, type up the supplements and mail them in. Colleges are not into colloquialisms.</p>
<p>I owned a typewriter until a fw years ago. It even had a white-out key so i could erase.</p>