For some of you out there who have been out of college for more than a decade (if you remember back that far), college applications were basically done by mail.  Back in those times, you would write your application essay, put it in the mail, and hoped that it would get there on time.

Now, things are much easier.  In fact, many students complete their admission essays on the day that they are due.  Now, you don’t have to worry so much about the mail getting there on time, but instead you need to worry that the computers might be having a bad day.

Most students these days, apply for college and include an online essay as their application essay.  This makes the administration’s job at the college much easier as they don’t have to go through envelope after envelope and manually enter the applications - they are already entered, and just need to be processed.

The Internet has definitely offered a new, cost effective medium for colleges to process applicants and streamline their admission departments.