Can you send them supplement essays?

<p>Although they have no actual essays, would they like it if you send them any other essays? Such as why I want to be a criminal prosecutor? Anyways, thanks for the help!</p>

<p>Sure! Go ahead and send them. I sent in an extra essay and got in so it definitely won’t hurt.</p>

<p>Yeah, I second grayson77. I wrote a supplemental essay explaining why I loved Vandy so much and why I wanted to go there and I was accepted ED!</p>

<p>who would you send it to? (email?) thanks! :)</p>

<p>You can add it onto the Common App in additional information within the writing section.</p>

<p>each common app can be personalized and saved. Better to have essays that address how you visualize yourself using each college curriculum and how you might be active as a contributor. ie our sons had cogent, brief supplements that were more specific to each college. Also their common app essay was sometimes different for different colleges based on whether or not that college had supplemental short answer essays. The idea is to get yourself across in three or four aspects and to visualize yourself using each college community well. They are all wonderful places to be. Treat each college with equal love and respect without respect to rankings and selectivity as my sons did not attend their top college loves and April can bring some surprises. Simple things like where the money and college program gives you the biggest soundest beginning are so important but not to be focused on till April.</p>

<p>my additional info includes my own resume though, so that is a problem.
anyone have another solution?</p>

<p>ChillyPenguin,
I would email them the additional essay (<a href=“mailto:admissions@vanderbilt.edu”>admissions@vanderbilt.edu</a>). Just tell them your info (name, applicant i.d., etc) and they will add it to your application.
Best of Luck!</p>

<p>I would not send it to the generic admissions email. I would look at the list of admissions counselors and send it to the person assigned for your region. It might get more personal attention that way. But they do get an awful lot of applications, so make sure this is not adding to workload and annoying them. That’s the last thing you want.</p>

<p>back three years ago, you could add more than one document to your common app since most people do attach a CV or resume or summary sheet on extra curriculurs. I would do that if possible since many committees do all their readings online now on laptops not hard copies</p>

<p>I understand this is the first year for all digital files at Vandy, Faline2. Good advice!</p>

<p>would it be ill-advised to send another email to them directly (my regional officer perhaps) because I have already submitted the App to Vandy?</p>

<p>bump…,.!!! up to the top</p>

<p>If your resume contains information that was not already included on the Common App and you think it would commpliment your file then I would send it. You could either email it to your regional rep or if your school uses Naviance you could see if your guidance counselor could send it electronically. Just be sure that the information is new and not redundant because you do not want to be seen as wasting your rep.s time. My son was admitted ED1 and had to email his rep a couple of times. She always responded right away and was very helpful so do not be afraid to contact them if you feel the information is new and would help your file. Good luck!</p>

<p>Btw, my son did not submitt his resume. All the information on his resume was on his application already either in the activities list or within the essay’s.</p>

<p>The comments on IF your new document/essay contains important information about you is to be thoughtfully weighed before sending anything in extra. If you feel strongly that this essay is a crucial element in understanding your application and readiness to use Vanderbilt well, in my humble opinion, you should attach it to a short (two-four sentence) polite email requesting that the attachment be placed in your file addressed to your regional rep, and send it to the admissions general email and to your regional rep email. The way to do this is to put cc on the bottom of the email to your regional rep. The only reason I would duplicate is that the “scanners” on staff may be attached to the general admissions email address. And sometimes regional reps cannot respond perfectly to random emails post deadlines. </p>

<p>There are people in admission offices scanning hard copies of things into files that can be read on laptops. You just want to make sure that your essay gets scanned and put in your file. </p>

<p>That said, it is not obnoxious to send updates to your file (important accomplishments only like regional and state titles in music, sports, community services, writing, new academic awards)…in Jan and Feb. They should be very very brief and business like.</p>

<p>Yeah I asked my admissions counselor in person whether or not it would be appropriate to send an extra essay and it was the second time I’d talked with her so I think maybe she felt more lenient? Idk, plus I applied ED1 so she was reviewing fewer apps at the time whereas now they’re reviewing ED2 and RD. definitely ask your counselor before you send anything, she might say that its too late to add it or that she has too much work already or something, you never know</p>