Do colleges generally prefer applications to be typed or hand-written?
<p>Typed, online if available</p>
<p>This question comes up a lot, since some people believe that writting out an application would show more effort... Personally if I was an adcom, I'd rather have a typed application. Not only will it look more professional, but it also saves them the effort of trying to read your writting. Unless you've got incredable penmenship, type it.</p>
<p>I typed anything that was more than a few words long, but wrote the rest.</p>
<p>You mean you type the name in, etc? And you type the essay too, or do you type the essay and write the personal info?</p>
<p>For Brown the essays are actually hand written.</p>
<p>I wrote all my essays out. I wrote my common application essay 13 times! over and over and over... ahh.. I wrote out all my applications too. It takes about 45 minutes to copy each essay, maybe another 45 for the application? Also, I wrote out my University of California application, too. Another 6-7 hours, maybe. I think it's worth the effort. I don't think major universities or schools with tons of applications care, but the LAC's rewarded me handsomely so I guess it works in some places and it doesn't in others. <em>shrug</em> Personally, I'd tell the Original Poster to write everything out. But then again, it's just me. Best of luck,</p>
<p>TTG</p>