Writing Sample Format

[day_manderly]

Are there any guidelines anywhere?.. Headers, title, anything?..

[coffeecoffee]

Did you get any help on this? I'm looking for the same thing... my deadline is MONDAY! (Freaking out...!)

[DBear]

I think the safest bet is to use whatever the most common format is for scholarly papers in your field. For example, most Literature papers use MLA so I just used MLA format (double spaced, standard margins etc). I know some people who used articles that had been formatted for a particular journal, and sometimes journals have really weird rules. In that case, I also suggested he switch the formatting to something more standard. Be it MLA, APA or Chicago, if you stick to a pretty standard format consistently, you should be okay. If you're really worried, double check with the department