Use contractions in your college essays

TheSATTeacher
Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:50:52 +0000

Contractions aren’t a problem. Academic papers in the humanities often use contractions these days. If they can use them for a formal journal article, you can use them for a personal essay.

People working in academic environments these days try to be as unstuffy and egalitarian as they can be. This is especially true of admissions officers, whose job requires them to be very socially conscious.