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College Forum » Topic: How to make college essays appear longer http://forum.collegetimes.us/topic/how-to-make-college-essays-appear-longer College Forum to discuss admissions, financial aid, SAT prep, Greek organizations, campus clubs, politics, etc. en-US Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:54:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.3 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://forum.collegetimes.us/search.php Anonymous on "How to make college essays appear longer" http://forum.collegetimes.us/topic/how-to-make-college-essays-appear-longer#post-976 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:01:42 +0000 Anonymous 976@http://forum.collegetimes.us/ <p>oh man ... the period trick...i remember that....thats what got me through writing 37, 39c and anthro 2a hahaha </p> Anonymous on "How to make college essays appear longer" http://forum.collegetimes.us/topic/how-to-make-college-essays-appear-longer#post-973 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:20:52 +0000 Anonymous 973@http://forum.collegetimes.us/ <p>We should start also give tips on getting out of writer&#39;s block.My faves:</p> <p>- Write out your points on a whiteboard.Write one point and write everything you can think of related and relevant underneath.Transfer to a notebook paper.This delves you into the writing process and really gets your brain &quot;in the zone&quot;<br /> -write out part of your essay on email as if you were writing a friend.My emails usually are long because I&#39;m just chatting,so it comes easily.It doesn&#39;t seem as formal<br /> -wait a couple days,rewrite the beginning,say it out loud after every few paragraphs to get a flow going</p> <p>What ideas do people have? </p> Anonymous on "How to make college essays appear longer" http://forum.collegetimes.us/topic/how-to-make-college-essays-appear-longer#post-972 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:38:18 +0000 Anonymous 972@http://forum.collegetimes.us/ <p>[i]Related video: [url=http://humor.collegetimes.us/videos/make-an-essay-appear-longer/]Make an essay appear longer[/url][/i]</p> <p>Note: these tricks are exponentially affective as the true length of the paper in question grows. lol</p> <p>[url=http://www.thecollegeforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=315&amp;t=93]The Period Trick[/url]<br /> At the end of your paper (or when you're sitting there with nothing else to type), go up to the toolbar and select Edit-Find (Ctrl+F)<br /> Go to the "Replace" tab.<br /> Type a period (.) in both fields. (You can also put a space ( ) after the second period for a little more length.<br /> Click the "More" button.<br /> Highlight the second period.<br /> go down and select "Format-Font".<br /> Change the font size to 14.<br /> Press "Replace All"</p> <p>Alot of people don't seem to know this one:</p> <p>"Double" Space:<br /> Highlight your paper and go to Format-Paragraph<br /> In the Spacing section, under Line Spacing, select "At Least"<br /> Under At, select 30</p> <p>Character Spacing: Submitted by r0ckthoseboys<br /> Click on format-font<br /> Go to character spacing-choose expanded spacing.<br /> This makes the spacing in between letters a little larger and is not very noticeable.</p> <p>Most Teachers make you use Times New Roman but there are fonts like Courier New that space out a paper. </p> <p>Click on format -&gt; font, go to character spacing, and choose expanded spacing. This makes the spacing in between letters a little larger and is not very noticeable. </p>