Heplayer92

So I'm a guy with pretty good handwriting.

Everyone often makes fun of me because they say that I have "really girly handwriting" but I have come to appreciate that.

I do have pretty neat handwriting...and was wondering if hand-writing my applications would give me even the tiniest edge against other similar applicants who share my stats at the top schools?

Anyone have any good stories about hand-written applications?

The only issues I have is this:
1. They take sooo long..and I'm kind of OCD when doing college apps, so if I make 1 mistake, I will start the page over again, new sheet.
2. Will they think it was someone else who wrote it? Like my mom or something?

Do you guys think this will help at all? Maybe show a sense of dedication since it takes longer and looks more...human than just a bunch of typed words? You guys understand what I'm sayin?

Thanks!!!!!! =D

stradmom

I thought everything was online these days?

But if you have an interest in calligraphy that might be a nice topic for an essay.

Yeti Crab

Don't, just submit online. Colleges prefer the ease of reading online apps, and handwriting won't help (unless you're applying to teeny tiny colleges?).

Heplayer92

Haha..interest for calligraphy =P

I do take Chinese..but I dunno if I will continue in college.

Will it show dedication? Take like an hour to perfect an application on paper?

I mean, most are done online, but they do allow paper submissions. =D

Just wondering if that makes me "unique"..hopefully not in a bad way haha

Heplayer92

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OHKID

I filled out the paper app sent in the mail for Tulane...

gibby

These days, most colleges will scan a paper app into their computer system, as they receive way too many applications to track by hand.

Heplayer92

Meh...I know, but at least they get to see your handwriting?

You can tell a lot about a person just from their handwriting.... =P

limabeans

This could be a great/unique topic for the essay: how it's your identity/how you can tell so much about a person/that you enjoy it even though it takes so much time. BUT, apologize that your app is not handwritten; in today's world of electronics, your skill has become a "dying art".

Jay1020

I legitimately thought about this once. I figured that they would take a longer time processing my app by hand, so that means more attention right?

Wrong. They digitize your scores and hard stats anyway...There's a whole page that says "For Office Use." It's just not worth the extra effort.

fauve

In this age of keyboarding and printers, I doubt colleges would care one iota if you handwrote the application. Tidy handwriting is a rather obsolete skill, more useful for personal thank you notes and wedding invitation envelopes, than a university education.

Dean J

I hate to say it, but some might be annoyed that you made some poor staffer spend half an hour keying your app into the system. You might also be perceived as tech-phobic. Even students without computers at home use the computers at school to submit their apps online.

jasonInNy

I honestly thought that doing Apps by hand gives a tiny advantage to online reading (eventually your eyes are gonna exploding from using the comps).

drusba

Ten years ago, handwritten applications were the norm. Now, colleges highly prefer electronic. No one is going to be impressed with a handwritten app. In fact, at most colleges, the ones who make decisons won't even see that handwritten app or even know it was a handwritten app because what the reviewers get is a file in the computer that sumarizes the needed info from the app.

Heplayer92

Thanks for the advice guys.

Hahaha...how does that make me sound gay that I have "girly handwriting".

I thought about putting that down on my Yale application where it said.... name one of the best compliments you've received or something haha....