scholarship tips

If possible, use a laser printer instead of an inkjet printer.

March 26, 2008

Ink smudges easily; toner doesn’t. It’s that simple. And the more committee members there are putting their grubby little fingers all over it, the more likely an inkjet-printed essay is to get smudged up and ugly. If you print your essay with a laser printer, it’s got a better shot of staying in pristine condition [...]

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Use boldface and underlining sparingly.

March 26, 2008

Bolding and underlining are good for the occasional emphasis of certain words, but using them too often is the hallmark of a bad essay. The problem is that boldfacing and italicizing are simply methods of making some text stand out among the other text; if you use them more than a couple of times, then [...]

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