How do you format the college application essay?

yuechen
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:44:10 +0000

Ditto salsapenguin. Why do you need to use MLA? You’re not citing anything (hopefully!!) and, well, just write. In paragraph form. Period. Definitely Times New Roman or some other similar, professional font. No cover page, header (except if you wanted to put your name and date of birth… just in case your essay is misplaced), or footer, or Works Cited. :)

Since you’re writing your essay, I’d suggest you read this article for some great advice on writing great essays: [Applying to College – Step 4: The Application and Essays- Nerld Blog](http://www.nerld.com/blog/2011/07/09/applying-to-college-step-4-the-application-and-essays/)

Good luck!!! :)