I wrote very neatly using a black pen. Nothing was said by the school and I recieved an interview. I would say just write as neatlyt as possible, but make a copy of all new papers just in case you make a mistake you can have a fresh copy.
I would suggest a typewriter. But practice first, because it took me awhile to get it. I fele much more comfortable with an app that I could continually print out than if I just got a single copy.
But also I found a computer at my school that had acrobat reader the full edition and it was fairly simple to add in text. So snoop around or ask and you probably could find a computer with acrobat.
But i dont understand why they don't format the apps so we can just type them in like a form. I guess just to make the process more annoying for us!
But good luck whatever you decide to do!
I had a lot of these types of applications. I simply made a bunch of spare copies of the application. In MSWord, I typed the info for the application and tried to space it correctly on the page. Then, I ran some spare copies of the application through the printer and realligned where needed. When I was ABSOLUTELY sure that everything was in it's "place", I sent the original through the printer (will copies still available if I still messed up). I know this seems like a lot of work, but it really worked like a charm =)