We live in a paper-less age, the increased usage of cell phones, laptops, and computer tablets (better known as "the iPad") has created an absence of the need of paper and, subsequently, handwriting. While many scholarship applications allow (and prefer) the ease of an online process, there are enough others that still like to do it "old school" by requesting a paper application. That is where the topic of this post comes in...present your paper well!
There is nothing worse than a great application with a poor presentation. You need to show that your application is important to you, that way those reading it will appreciate it, too. Coffee/food/foreign stains, tears, sticky substances, and anything else you would be weary about having done to your phone should be kept off your app. It looks like you don't care that much about your application when it looks messy.
So, print a couple copies of the application, that way, if you mess one up, you can begin on another. And for those environmentally savvy, do a rough draft on your computer and then just copy it onto the paper printout you have. In this manner, you will have a record of what you submitted.
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