<p>I'm already including a 2.5 page Activity List as "additional information".</p>
<p>I really like my story, and have got great response for it (it's been published in my school's literary magazine and in a print magazine for teen writing [teenink.com]). It has also won third place in a very small competition (27 entries from authors of all ages). </p>
<p>I think it's a great story, but I'm just worried it might seem a bit pretentious. After all, it's over 6 pages single-spaced (there is a lot of dialogue though), and I just don't see adcoms even skimming it (there isn't a great hook). I am applying to small LACs though so maybe they actually would spend some time on it.</p>
<p>What does CC think?</p>
<p>Schools applying to:</p>
<p>U Chicago (EA)
Swarthmore
Haverford
Amherst
Carleton
Bowdoin
Pomona
Tufts</p>
<p>No admissions officer will have the time or patience to read your story. The best that can happen is that they ignore it. Alternatively, its inclusion might annoy them.</p>
<p>Send it only on request. Or bring it to an interview and ask if they want it. It’s not appropriate for the application.</p>
<p>OP - I think you have a wonderful opportunity to test this first hand. Just mess up something bigtime on page 4 and ask your GC to skim the essay while you wait. Betcha he misses the page 4 mess. The problem isn’t your essay … the problem is that your essay won’t get a decent reading when the reader is under time constraints.</p>