college essay. what size font?

[PHiuR]

use 10 or 12?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

I'm in HS and all the teachers want 12, not sure if it helps

 

[WannaFly]

Do yourself a favor and quit college.

 

[ryzmah]

Either is fine (do what looks best), but I would avoid double spacing.

 

[OIKOS]

72

 

[z0mb13]

dont u have to fit it in 1 page???

size 10-12 is ok..

 

[butch84]

12 is the most accepted standard for a good compromise between readability and length. Of course, you can usually go over or under 12 by .5 if you are having length issues, and it will go right under the prof's radar

 

[Kenny]

12 + Palatino make an awesome combo.

 

[KnickNut3]

12, double spaced. If it goes a couple lines onto a second page, fit it onto one, otherwise leave it.

 

[PHiuR]

i got a feeling my essay is going to be at least 1 and half pages...

 

[Jmman]

Normally 12 font, double spaced, Times New Roman.....

 

[Corporate Thug]

12

 

[KnickNut3]

I got mine with a little squeezing onto 1 1/3. Don't go over 1 1/2. They'll just look at it and get bored.

 

[neilm]

Why does a college essay have to fit into one page?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

If its something due tomorrow, use both and print out with both. Ask professor before class or something and decide whch to turn in.

 

[KnickNut3]

It doesn't have to, but if you put yourself in the body of an adcom, length over a page and amount of attention given to it are inversely proportionate, and understandably so

 

[isekii]

12 Courier New for those papers that you just can't fill up.

 

[DaWhim]

just make it can be read comfortable.

 

[dfi]

Whatever is necessary to get my paper to 1.5 pages below the minimum page requirement.

dfi

 

[Spoooon]

12 point double spaced. Like Isekii says, switch to Courier New if you need to make it longer. But I would also go with 1 inch margins if you do. And it's all APA format.

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: WannaFly
Do yourself a favor and quit college.

no clue on why i found this funny. lol.


prolly 12pt and double spaced. i've never ever turn in anything different or asked differently in the 3 different colleges i attended.

 

[Anubis]

12 Courier New, its a standard MLA approved font. makes papers nice and long

 

[slydecix]

I had to fit this one paper to 3 pages (it was too long) requirements were 12pt Times, doublespaced... so I changed the paragraph spacing to 1.85 and got half a point marked off cuz it wasn't double. :|

 

[KingNothing]

You're not going to survive college if you can't figure crap like this out on your own.