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If you cite your source in the text, that will be good enough. No need for footnotes. E.g. "The College Board, in a 2012 study titled "Name of Study," has found that blah blah blah."PJam1989 wrote:My pleasure. I am writing an essay to Penn explaining how I have traditionally performed bad on standardized tests. I use my SAT scores to support this statement, and compare my SAT scores to those projected on The College Board (Official SAT Score Website). Wasn't sure if I needed to cite the website at the end of the essay, or if the information in the essay was good enough. Pat
Sure you want to address it. It's just that this is a personal topic, and putting citation at the end makes it overly formal. Just write in a narrative way and there shouldn't be problems.PJam1989 wrote:Not to sound like a dick Hen, but Penn puts the optional essay there for a reason, and the optional essay specifically addresses the concept of standardized tests. So yea, in a more humble way, that's what I will write about.
This. Pretty certainly not going to make a difference though.fats provolone wrote:just my 2 cents but i think this essay prompt is asking more for a personal explanation of why you will succeed in law school despite your low GPA and/or LSAT than a well-researched critique of standardized testing.
i mean these have to be basically indistinguishable.Traynor Brah wrote:This. Pretty certainly not going to make a difference though.fats provolone wrote:just my 2 cents but i think this essay prompt is asking more for a personal explanation of why you will succeed in law school despite your low GPA and/or LSAT than a well-researched critique of standardized testing.