<p>I noted on my application that I would send in some supplemental materials, but now I'm not so sure what exactly qualifies as good supplemental materials. I have a summary (350 words) of some scientific research I did over the summer at a hospital laboratory, which would go under "sciences", and I have written poetry for my school's literary magazine, which would go under "other." Would these be sufficient?</p>
<p>Also, does Columbia want the supplemental material forms to be received by Jan 1st, or postmarked (as in, sent out) by Jan 1st?</p>
<p>Anyone know? Thanks for any responses!</p>
<p>i don’t get the first question. but it sounds like you are more than sufficient submitting two supplemental things.</p>
<p>columbia hopes to have all materials postmarked by jan 4 (the deadline is jan 4 and not 1). but they understand it wont receive and process materials for some time. if you have your application sent in and your supplements trail that is fine. i think the official wording is that “anything received after the deadline they cannot guarantee it will be read,” which is a way of saying - get it in before, but in reality if it gets there after they will more than likely read and process it.</p>
<p>Poetry for a school lit mag isn’t really impressive and shouldn’t be sent. The research, maybe… what was the topic/what did you do?</p>
<p>Sorry if I wasn’t clear - my first question was basically whether the two things I was planning to submit were generally “impressive” enough to submit: research summary and some poetry I’ve written for my school litmag. I guess based on what the poster above me said, I shouldn’t send in the poetry, but I did my research on the effect of various therapeutic agents on muscle function and histology in the mdx (dystrophin-deficient) mouse (I worked mostly with histology). Since the project wasn’t my own, but my mentor’s, I don’t have my own abstract, but I wrote a thorough summary of all of the procedures I did and how they contributed to my mentor’s project.</p>
<p>don’t listen to them. if you think your poetry is really good, then SEND IT. regardless of where it was published. get some other opinions first, though- teachers, peers, parents, etc. and see what they think</p>