Personal Statement Typed or Handwritten

Choclolate

I am finishing off my postgraduate applications.

When providing a personal statment, should you type them or hand write them.

Hard to know as the forms are usually pdf.

Thanks

livinginkorea

If the form is in pdf then I would go with writing your statement out.

If the form was a Word doc then you could type your answers in and sign the end of it.

Make sure your writing is neat!

Choclolate

Not good news.

I write like an epileptic salmom with a fat marker strapped to his fin.

livinginkorea

Get a friend or family member to write it for you.

rcdk1

It's possible to fill out a pdf form in acrobat reader IF the form has been set up properly.

Monotype

Are you printing the forms out? Just staple on your typed statement.

avalon68

I would have thought that typed would be the obvious choice.......Look at it this way - whoever will be reading your application will have dozens to read, if not hundreds given the current economic climate. I assure you they do not want to waste time trying to decipher everyones chicken scrawl Typed is far more professional.

Minier81

Typed, definitely!