TNR - ok got that - but can I swing 10? Forum

[soesghost]

Having serious issues with editing - after some massive cuts - which IMO really took a lot out of my essay, but i need to ask- Ive been using TNR so thats no issue, but I have been on 10 which was the default setting. Now i checked the two apps I am sending - Brooklyn and Fordham, and neither specifies anyhting like that - Fordham says 2 pages max double space, BK just 1-3 pages. so my question is, can I get away with some tinkering with margins and all? If I drop tp 3/4 margin Im at close to 2 1/2 for BK - even at 1 inch with 10 Im at juuuust 3 pages so BK is ok - as for Ford i have no clue how Im going to chop it there but i will find a way.

Any advice will help thanks!

[WhatSarahSaid]

Ten-point font is small. I'd never try it.

Surely, there is some way that you can be more succinct in your essay.

[soesghost]

Well what is standard? 12 will kill me - maybe i could work 11 but that will still be tough....

[gbpackerbacker]

Garamond size 11. I did it on all my apps, and so far I am 6/6 on schools, including a comment addressing my "compelling personal statement."

[jasonc.]

try changing the margins and 11 pt font

[soesghost]

ok that was aprt of my original questions - can I get away with 3/4 margin?

[Flips88]

Garamond size 11. I did it on all my apps, and so far I am 6/6 on schools, including a comment addressing my "compelling personal statement."

+1

Garamond 11 will save you lots of space compared to TNR 11 or TNR 12.

[soesghost]

Well... idk about LOTS of space but Garamond 11 got it to the very bottom of page 3 rather than 2 lines into page 4

but is Garamond acceptable? Im sorry i dont know much about the minutae of this process (hence the struggling), but the original reply seemed to do well with it

[bigkahuna2020]

No.

[LSATclincher]

11pt calibri is the font when you load MS WORD, so I'm just taking what they give me.