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College Essays
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<p>Hi</p>

<p>Just a quick question on how you are organizing your common app essay</p>

<p>How are you heading it?</p>

<p>Do you have your first and last name in the top, then below it "Common Application Essay"?</p>

<p>Do you include a centered title?</p>

<p>Do you include in the heading on the far right a "(last name) (Page #)"?</p>

<p>Is your essay single spaced or double spaced?</p>

<p>I have my essay pretty wrapped up, just not really sure about how it should be organized</p>

<p>Thanks!!</p>

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<p>Yea, I "chose my own topic," so I would like to know if I need a title or not, as well.</p>

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<p>I'd like to know too.</p>

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<p>Well, when you upload the essay, it makes it part of the application. So when you upload it, it puts your application number on the bottom as well as a page number. Other than that, it appears as it appears in word. I don't think a title is needed, but I can't see an applications officer would reject you because you did or didn't title your essay.</p>

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<p>Oh</p>

<p>I was under the impression that it would be printed out and read (hence why I would put the page number)... I guess it is kind of silly for me to think that... that would mean literally tens of thousands of physical pages instead of data on a computer lol.</p>

<p>Should we include our name at the top though?</p>

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<p>The majority of schools still print everything out, but I'd assume your name and page number would already be included.</p>

<p>Do we double space essays?</p>

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<p>Double spacing is also one of my questions... my top college asks for the essay to be 1 - 2 pages... mine is now about 700 words, but fits onto about a half of page 3 being double spaced. If it were single spaced, it would be just over 1 page, therefore meeting the 2 page requirement.</p>

<p>Is this advised?</p>