Questions about the research paper.

Kokiri
Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:58:01 +0000

I had this whole debate about double spacing/single spacing my college essays because I was the only person that I knew who had double-spaced. I had submitted several applications (and already gotten into Caltech) before I switched to single. When I called the schools where I had sent in double-spaced essays, the admissions officers said that they do not care as long as the essay is cut off, so I would not worry. On my Caltech supplement, I did a double-spaced page for that Feynman essay, while I am guessing that some people did a whole page single-spaced, and I obviously had no trouble with that. Like GleasSpty said, they look at the paper to see your potential as a scientist because you are only in high school and they can teach you the right format if you go there. Besides, professional journals are single-spaced, while science competition papers are double-spaced, so you need not worry…