Tinieblas.

I took the test in April.  Compared to the practice tests that I took, I found that the real test involved a greater amount of reading comprehension, which slowed me down quite a bit.  Also, the test seemed very theory/criticism heavy.  I don't remember there being an excessive amount of Old English.  I used the Princeton book, Vade Mecum, Hapax Legomena and the old ETS book and was scoring really well on practice tests, but on the real thing I scored significantly lower.  I think I got tripped up by questions about some of theorists that I had only studied superficially, and I definitely wasn't expecting all of the reading comprehension.  

Thanks, Emma!  I have been able to upload a CV to all of them thus far.  Best of luck.  

So far, so good, Tinieblas - I have completed a number of the early Dec deadline programs, like Berkeley Rhetoric and Stanford's Modern Thought and Literature, and they have all had a place to upload a CV or something similar. I'm feeling reassured, I hope others are too as we wade together into these crazy waters. I anticipate that I'll have my head down until the smoke clears in early January, good luck to all!

It says "Theudericus rex francorum vir inlustris" right across the top, as clear as day; what's the problem?

I'm normally as big a typesetting geek as the next guy--I write all my papers in LaTeX, and use Junicode as my default font for its facility in producing attractive medieval characters--but I think WT is right that (assuming your document is readable and professional) font really doesn't matter. I did all my app documents in TNR, and whether or not it's falling out of fashion, it didn't seem to have any adverse effect.

Maybe it's just because I work in publishing, & we auto. standardize literally every file we get (it takes about 5 seconds) for readability, but, it almost wouldn't surprise me if some programs run macros on everyone's application files in order to standardize font to whatever is their decided preference, format margins and spacing, add page numbers, take a word/page count, etc. In which case, it really wouldn't matter which font you choose.

I did some reading on this topic a year or so ago, and have been using Century Schoolbook for my papers this semester as a result. It's one of the most readable serif fonts, and is widely used in legal fields for that very reason (given the extreme amount that lawyers etc. have to read).
As for my applications, I started off by using Times New Roman, but switched to Arial based on advice I received here. Sans serif fonts are easier to read on a screen, and the going assumption at the time was that most adcoms would be reading the apps electronically. Not sure if that holds any water or not, and ultimately I suspect the font doesn't really matter (within reason), but I do think that Times New Roman has largely fallen out of favor in many circles.

Garamond is my preferred font, particularly for stuff like my CV. It's highly readable, well sized, and universally available.  When universities have a specific brand standard font on their website and no specific font listed for documents, I tend to default to the university brand standard. One, I know it matches the school's standards for accessibility and readability (things I study), but also because I know it will be a font that people at the school are familiar/comfortable with.
FWIW, I would always default to shorter. These folks are reading dozens, if not 100s of documents, so the odds that anyone is reading all 22 (hidden as 20) pages of your sample is unlikely. One of my programs wants <10 and the rest are 15-20, so I'm creating a 12 page sample that I can trim for that one program.
 

Unfortunately I haven't even had the chance to check it out yet, what with GREs and drafts of a million different things, trying to communicate with letter writers, etc. - however I will be sure to let you know if I come across a non-CV friendly site! I should be getting online in the next week or so. Right now I'm still just assuming that some aspect of this whole process is borderline reasonable, like getting a single chance to show - in any format whatsoever - what I've done right, and not just how I suck.  I hope that doesn't come off as unnecessarily negative or whatever. Just trying to be funny and make light of what seems to be an inherently unwinnable game on so many fronts, haha. Chin up and CV's ready!

I think too, as long as you've cited Professor Y's work too in relation to the theory, you cover all your bases. That's how it works in Biomechanics anyway. So a combination of citing the original ideas from the original works, plus the book you're using for the main theory should make sure you're fine. 

Thanks everyone for your feedback and advice : )  It's been immensely helpful to hear all of your opinions and I'll keep them in mind when I'm making my plans.  

Thank you, Wyatt's Terps!  I am really trying to look at schools with strong programs in my area ask myself, "Would I be happy studying at this university for 5+ years?"  So far I can say yes to all of them, so...