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The Top 5 Reasons NOT to Apply On Paper

  1. Crossouts Cross-outs.
  2. Your handwriting stinks. (C’mon, don’t kid yourself.)
  3. So does your typing, and your mom’s old Smith-Corona doesn’t backspace as easily as your computer.
  4. The last time you went to the post office was when you mailed a wish list to Santa in the early 90s.
  5. Schools want to receive your applications online (Listen, it's easier for them that way.)

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There are so many more important hoops to jump through during the school application process, so why add another to the list? Since this whole higher education thing started, there’s been a need for someone to offer an alternative method of completing school applications. Well, friend, the brain trust at The Princeton Review have brought you the evolution, or better yet, the revolution, in applying to school. Consider for a moment the power you have at any Internet-wired computer, and you’ll quickly see why applying online is the only way to apply to school.

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Ease: The Princeton Review has never been known to make cumbersome tasks harder for students -- and we’re not starting now. Applying online is easy because:

  • The applications that we have on our site are the genuine school applications-and we have more than 700 of ‘em.
  • You can start working on your application any time you want, close the application whenever you want, and come back to it when you're ready.
  • All the common information you have to answer for every single application -- name, social security, mom’s maiden name, blah, blah-will automatically appear on all subsequent apps.

Speed and Safety: Though there’s something romantic about putting pen to paper there is no such romance when it comes to crunch time. And remember, every line that you write in on the paper application has to be hand-entered by some unfortunate soul in the school admissions office. Now, can you figure out why it takes so long to get a reply back on your application? Believe us, the schools are begging us to get you to submit online!

  • Applying online is fast because once you're done with an application, just hit the submit button and SHAZAM! every piece of your information feeds directly to the school’s database, no mess, no casualties, no problem!
  • Submitting your application online is safe. The Princeton Review uses technology that is the exact same system that many schools use to receive applications through their own websites.

Free: It’s one of your favorite words, isn’t it? There is no extra fee incurred for applying online. The technology on PrincetonReview.com is totally free for you to use.

  • Some schools waive the application fee if you submit online.
  • Save on postage.
  • You don’t necessarily have to use a credit card for your application fee. In fact, the vast majority of schools let you still pay by check even if you submit online.

Maybe before reading this you never knew that applying online really does make it easier and faster to apply to every school on your list, but now you do. So gather up all those paper apps lying around your room and head straight to the recycling bin. That's right, that train don't stop here no more!

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