<p>(First of all I'm new to CollegeConfidential.)</p>
<p>How do people generally go about the additional info section? Like, is it a place to give more examples for various parts you didn't have room for on your app, a place to explain a special circumstance like an illness/disability or something, or a place to just further brag about yourself and why you like MIT?</p>
<p>It’s usually where you explain special circumstances or things you couldn’t mention anywhere else on your app. I would refrain from listing a bunch more EC’s…that becomes more of a “laundry list” than anything.</p>
<p>For example, I declined to list my 2011 AIME score (even though I had taken it in 2010 and qualified for USAMO) because I fell ill the day before the exam and didn’t do well, so I put that in the additional info. Not doing so could’ve signaled MIT that I “gave up” on AMC/AIME/USAMO.</p>
<p>You’re welcome to use the additional information section for anything you want, or not to use it at all. There’s not really a “typical” way to use it.</p>