Additional Info

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<p>I was wondering how to make best use of Additional Info. Could someone shed some light?</p>

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<p>For what it’s worth, I wrote a few sentences about how I moved up a grade in elementary school and how that fact doesn’t define who I am in any way. I was admitted REA.</p>

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<p>Thanks. Would it hurt if you put in a resume ?</p>

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<p>Not at all! Include a very thorough resume.</p>

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<p>What? If they wanted a formal resume, they would have asked for one. I have never heard of anyone doing this.</p>

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<p>Would it be acceptable to include an extra essay? There’s a question I desperately wish they had included. :P</p>

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<p>Don’t include a resume, I’m fairly certain that admissions officers don’t even bother looking at them. I could be wrong, so if anyone has a source that says otherwise that may help, but from what I’ve heard most schools (including Stanford) do not want a resume.</p>

<p>And no, don’t include an extra essay. That space should really only be used for extenuating circumstances or the like.</p>

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<p>What makes you say so? A few other colleges such as MIT allow the additional info section for anything that might help. There’s nothing that says “only for extenuating circumstances” so I’m just wondering.</p>

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<p>@awesometoad</p>

<p>The Additional Info section is meant for additional info.</p>

<p>A resume is often a recap of things that are in the app.</p>

<p>If something is really important, I would hope that it would be included in the essays.</p>

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<p>Some applicants do put their resumes in the additional info section. It’s not unheard of. However, I don’t know what it would add to the application except for allowing admissions to see all your info again, in a more organized way, maybe?</p>

<p>I don’t think you need to put anything there, unless you feel there is information you would like to share with admissions, but didn’t find an appropriate section in the application to do it.</p>

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<p>^^agree with ccdaddio…be careful submitting anything like “resumes” to Stanford…unlike their east coast counterparts…they do NOT want it! If you do submit things that Stanford clearly asked you NOT to do just because it was “acceptable” for another school…it may potentially/actually work against you…since you are telling them…you can’t follow SIMPLE instructions for the school you desperately want to get into…</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/pdf/AppGuideFreshman.pdf[/url]”>www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/pdf/AppGuideFreshman.pdf</a></p>

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