khigh Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 For my writing sample, what should I be looking for in readability? I am applying to a program for a PhD in European history at a public ivy. I ran both of my papers through the readability index and was surprised to see that the “grade level” for one was 18 and the other was 19 and both had low readability scores (lengthy sentences and a lot of syllables, but very low on passive voice). Is it something I should be worried about? Is it a turn off for committees or good that my writing is at a post-grad level? I do have to say that a lot of it could be the influence of my favorite authors- Thomas Mann and Fyodor Dostoevsky. I can post the intro to both papers if anyone would like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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