<p>Lets pretend for a second that I did a substantial amount of creative writing, all focused on one story...</p>
<p>Anyways, I am writing a book. Obviously, I will claim that as an extracurricular activity. However, there is no way it will be edited to point of publication by November or January. I will have it finished by September, and edited to remove typos, poor grammar, and conceptual inconsistencies by the end of October. Based on what I have so far, it is going to be good, and insightful (i.e. deep points/the like). Obviously I am looking at my own work favorably, but based on its quality in comparison with other essays I have written that were received well, it should be good in the eyes of others, too.</p>
<p>However, I fear that an adcom/officer reading my application will scoff at what could easily be a blatant falsification. Substantiating my claim by attaching the manuscript to the application seems like an easy way to address this. At the same time, though, I am really loathe to send off an 80,000 word document to each college I apply to. It just seems like too much. So, I have a question.</p>
<p>Should I send in what I have done, or not?</p>
<p>Input on this, especially from people who are more experienced with the admissions process, would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Get your GC to talk about it in their letter. Also your other rec givers can
bring it up (especially an english teacher). You can also list this
activity with the hours spent prominently in your common app
and additional info section.</p>
<p>If you have a contract you can include that info in the additional info
sectiona s well; if self published the stuff above should do; I had a
similar situation last year and did get admitted to H,P,M,S.</p>
<p>I'll send it to the English teacher, and perhaps the APUSH teacher, so they write about it if they wish (subject matter pertains to governments and the likes). It will obviously be the focus of the essay; basically, I will make as big of a deal out of it as possible.</p>
<p>Still, it isn't going to be published by November. I would have to rush the editing, which would make me unsatisfied with it. What did you do, or did you already have it finished and published by the time you were applying?</p>
<p>If you expound on your situation, I would be greatly appreciative. Just leave it on the regular forum, though, so it will be useful to other people (who aren't applying SCEA to Stanford this year).</p>