Guest Yacek Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 I was just wondering, should we (Canadian MCAT takers) use Canadian spelling ("neighbour") or American spelling ("neighbor") in the Writing Sample? Are our essays sent back to the U.S. and marked by people there or are any Canadians involved in marking as well? In latter case, MCAT takers from Canada who use U.S. spelling might be penalized by Canadian markers for "spelling errors"... :x I'm probably thinking too hard about this. My Writing Sample skills are not great and last thing I want is somebody getting annoyed at my spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lactic Folly Posted August 9, 2003 Report Share Posted August 9, 2003 Most markers on either side of the border hopefully should be able to recognize alternate spellings and not mistake them for spelling errors.. Anyway, I would try not to think about this while writing the test, as it's entirely possible that no such words will come up in your essays, and you have many other things on your mind during those minutes of frantic scribbling. Legibility is prob more important in terms of annoyance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yacek Posted August 10, 2003 Report Share Posted August 10, 2003 Thanks. I wish this were my biggest issue for the WS but it's not :b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UWOMED2005 Posted August 10, 2003 Report Share Posted August 10, 2003 Yeah - don't worry about it. I should have thought about it, but didn't. . . and didn't seem to matter as I scored an S. I'm sure I had a few "colour"s or "behaviour"s in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Sorry to bring this thread back from the grave. I'm just curious if I should use colour/color, neighbour/neighbor, et cetera, i.e. Canadian/American spellings on the WS. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avenir001 Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 uhh i dont see why they should care, but why not just go with the american spelling since they're the ones marking it? honestly, find other stuff to worry about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuredoc Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Sorry to bring this thread back from the grave. I'm just curious if I should use colour/color, neighbour/neighbor, et cetera, i.e. Canadian/American spellings on the WS. Thanks in advance. Thats what I call ultra-tweaking . Don't worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted September 6, 2008 Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 I'm gonna just write like a Canadian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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