Supposed to write a 10 page research paper, mine's only 9 pages?

[almightyone82]

Make the font bigger.

If its size 11 for example, do size 12.

Or add an extra enter in between paragraphs, so instead of this


You do this.

 

[Penny the TFT's mom ♥]

I have a 10 page research paper due tomorrow in my Developmental Psychology class and I feel like I've said all there can be said on my topic, but I'm a page short. I've read and re-read my paper and I really don't know how I would make it longer without it being redundant.

In your experience, about how much would be taken off for missing a page? My paper's really good otherwise, and I always get A's on papers. If my paper is excellent do you think my professor would forgive the extra page? I also went above and beyond the amount of sources she wanted and only used high quality sources (scientific journals).

I would ask her myself but I emailed her earlier today and she never responded ...

 

[Anne W]

you should just change the font. APA approved fonts are times new roman and currier new. the currier new is alot bigger and adds on length.

 

[bean.]

Adjust the font a little bit, add two spaces instead of one between a period and the first letter of the next sentence, and try to add in some analogies.
Maybe even substitute some words for bigger words, and if there's a title you can add a little more space between the title and the first paragraph.

I would say, maybe ten points might be taken off your grade. That's just a guess though, I figured ten points for each page. But if you did the best job that you thought you could do and still didn't make it to the ten page mark, I would definitely make a note of that on a Post-It and attach it to the paper when you hand it in.

One thing I've learned in college is that a lot of professors "up" the page limit by a few to make us students expand and challenge our thinking process. But a lot of times, like in your case, that might end up hurting our grade than helping it!
Good luck.