<p>i submitted my part 2 of stanford's app yesterday. while i was submitting the app, i was able to preview it because of technical difficulties with my stoopid computer. So today i went to my school library and printed it out to keep it as a record.. but while i was looking over it, i realize that my paragraphs were all gone in my essay portion! All of my short answers and essays were one paragraph long each! i had entered an extra line between each of the paragraphs because i was confused about the indentations and wutnot. but wut had happened?? the extra lines were all gone!! do you think this will affect my chances of getting in?</p>
<p>I would suggest emailing admissions and telling them that. Include a properly formatted document with your short answers and essay. And technically, I think the instructions said to preview the PDF before submitting the application, but just say you couldn't figure out how to open it at home.</p>
<p>ah. i sent them an email with the formatted essays and they returned it back with an automatic reply saying that they will not be taking emails until the office opens again in january. do u think its still okai? </p>
<p>oh yeah. and now that i think about it. should my email be formal? like a real letter? or just a paragraph just explaining my situation? i dont know what to write.</p>
<p>Did the automatic reply say that the message would be read later or that you would have to send it again?</p>
<p>I don't think your e-mail has to be truly formal. Just make sure it's well-written, and remember to say thank you at the end.</p>
<p>how would u write an email like that ...
i'm always a lil perplexed about how to start, how do u address admissions peeps at start? lol</p>
<p>and is it worth emailing them over a couple awards / a typo</p>
<p>Actually, when I emailed admissions, I never used a salutation. I just introduced myself like "I am a high school senior applying early action..."</p>
<p>I guess if you want to be professional, you could start with, "To whom it may concern," since you don't know exactly who will be reading it. It's really not that important.</p>
<p>If the awards are important, you might as well include them in your email. I don't think the typo is worth mentioning unless it changes the meaning of something. Like if your typo was "I won first place" when it was supposed to be "I won fifth place," that would definitely be worth mentioning. If you forgot an apostrophe, then don't mention it.</p>
<p>what if it's an award and i typed recipient receipient.. lol, and i dunno, think its worth mentioning these awards i found? </p>
<p>California State Assembly Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Academic Achievement</p>
<p>Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for Outstanding and Invaluable Service to the Community</p>
<p>and is there any way it could hurt me if i sent it to the admissions ppl?</p>
<p>Did you already have 8 awards in your application? They probably won't accept additional awards if you've already filled up the spaces, since they might see that as giving you an advantage over other applicants who had to limit the awards they could put down. If not, it's probably worth submitting, although I have no idea how presitigious either of those awards are.</p>
<p>It shouldn't hurt you at all to send an email. Just send something like this:</p>
<p>
[quote]
Subject: RD Application Corrections</p>
<p>I am a high school senior, and I sent in an application regular decision. I [just realized that I left out two important awards OR have received two significant honors since December 15]. Would it be possible for you to add these to my application file? Below are the official names:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>California State Assembly Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Academic Achievement (12th grade)</p></li>
<li><p>Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for Outstanding and Invaluable Service to the Community (12th grade)</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Also, there is a typo in one of the awards already listed on the application. In the _______ award, "receipient" should read "recipient." I know it's not very significant, but I want to portray myself as accurately as possible, since I signed a statement saying I would.</p>
<p>I hope this is not too much of an inconvenience.</p>
<p>Thank you very much,
Full Name
[/quote]
</p>
<p>oh okai. thanx</p>
<p>hmm if i already did fill the 8 spots, should i just not mention the awards at all?</p>
<p>If you have some less prestigious awards filling up the spaces, like honor roll or perfect attendance award, it might be worth it.</p>
<p>tell them to replace the stuff like CSF, varsity two sport scholar athlete that dont mean much? does CSF mean more than those awards i mentioned above? and can this, in any way, harm me by sending this stuff in?</p>
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<p>I really don't know anything about those awards, so I can't say which is better. And it shouldn't harm you, but who knows? They might print out the copy of your email and put it in your file, and maybe it would show some aspect of your personality that would harm your application. You really can't know.</p>
<p>What would Stanford think, if they themselves knew nothing about the awards?</p>
<p>also- how is CSF regarded by colleges? worthless?</p>
<p>whats CSF? if it has anything to do with STAR tests it's worthless. But I have no idea, so I can't help you</p>
<p>california scholarship federation, academic clubbish kinda thing, not too hard to qualify for..forget what u need probably like a 3.5 average or something</p>
<p>anyone else think it's worth it to send a slight revision email in? or that it could hurt me? or that those awards would mean anything? considering Stanford knows nothing about them...they're not something given out widely and are pretty specific to my area.</p>