Okay, so the title of this blog is a bit of a throwback to the world of handwriting.  Still, the point that you should meticulously comb your essays for the smallest of errors still holds.  Although you won’t get admitted to a college just because you had nice punctuation, not proofreading your essay shows a kind of carelessness that might put off the admissions officer.  There’s really little excuse for small errors.

So, I urge you to avoid counting on your word processing program to catch all of your typos and grammos.   If this is not your area of expertise, you should ask a trusted friend, parent, teacher or coach to go over your essays.  Do this only after you have done so yourself.  You don’t want to tax these relationships!

Happy Writing!

-Dr. Kirschner