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INAL CHECKLIST FOR COMPS

1. Number your pages.
2. Break up your essay into chapters, sections, or sub-sections, and list these in a table of contents. This makes it easier for your readers to keep track of where you're going.
3. Don't end a page with the title of the next section.
4. Consult the citation guide.
5. Write clear, simple, grammatically correct sentences; don't burden your work with mindless jargon. Howard Becker's Writing For Social Scientists is an excellent resource that you should consult.
6. Run your spell-checker BUT don't forget that it will not catch incorrect homophones (their/there, it's/its, to/too/two, etc.).
7. Clear up whatever doubts you may entertain about what faculty regard as first-rate work by consulting distinction comps from previous years on reserve in the library.
8. Include your abstract with your paper.
9. Be considerate of your aging faculty's eyesight and use a legible font.

PROOFREAD WHAT YOU'VE WRITTEN BEFORE YOU TURN IT IN! Egregiously sloppy or careless comps will be returned to the writer for revisions before they are evaluated, and will not be considered for distinction.