<p>Hi, all. 
I’m considering submitting a creative writing supplement to Brown. There are guidelines on the website for the arts and music supplements, but not for creative writing. Does anyone know what the guidelines are? What media are accepted/how many pages long/etc? Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>I don’t think they technically accept them. If you want, you probably can send something so long as it’s short. So one or two poems or a one page story.</p>
<p>Well, on the Brown website, it says, “If you are exceptionally accomplished in a particular area, such as music, visual art, or creative writing, you may send us a sampling of your best work.”</p>
<p>But then when you “click for specific instructions”, it doesn’t have it for writing.</p>
<p>But you think they don’t really accept creative writing supplements? Does anyone else know for sure?</p>
<p>The advice I have read in Ivy admission guidebooks is that you CAN send in a creative writing sample but should NOT send anything that is long. The admissions officers already are burdened with a huge reading load just to get through that huge pile of applications, and no admissions officer really has the time to sit there and closely read any long writing samples. Show off your skills in your essays.</p>
<p>So you think if my essays are very well-written, that will compensate for the lack of actual “awards” won for my writing? Because I think my EC’s are unique and show a lot of long-term passion (screenwriting for the past 6 years, 15 hours a week, creative writing for similar amounts of time, many completed works in both fields, etc), but I wonder if the uniqueness and passion will be negated by the fact that I have no “proof” of my skills. That’s why I was interested in sending a supplement. However, possibly well-written essays will serve the same purpose? If my essays are good, would they assume that my more “creative” writing is good as well? That’s my dilemma.</p>
<p>I’ve called asked and they accept them for RD and ED but not for transfers</p>
<p>I just sent in a part of my manuscript but just part of it the other day it’s okay</p>
<p>^Did you win any awards for it? Or do you just hope it’ll be good enough to impress them? 
Also, how long was yours and in what format (screenwriting, novel…?)</p>
<p>It was considered to be published but I turnt it down because I did not feel as if they were the right publishers to publish my baby…lol. I haven’t won any awards for it but everyone told me to send it off because they thought it was good. I sent off 33 pages and I doubt they read it all but it didn’t hurt to try.</p>
<p>Eiffel, in response to your post number 5, I’m sure you’ll convey your passion and accomplishments within your essay contents, explaining your uniqueness and depth in this field. Maybe a way around your dilemma is to make contact with a Brown professor in your field of writing, and send your lengthier pieces to him/her for analysis with the nudge …“and if you really like this, please tell your admissions office!” The risk I have heard about is that if your application folder is the BIG FAT one, the admissions officer might succumb to the temptation to read yours last, or at least later than all the nice tasty thinner ones. And that might not be to your benefit.</p>
<p>I heard that to which got me nervous</p>
<p>lovesbrownu, I’m no expert but it seems to me that 33 pages is not very much, and that you should not worry. Probably lots of applicants include stuff that’s longer, so you won’t have the “fat” folder.</p>
<p>“Eiffel, in response to your post number 5, I’m sure you’ll convey your passion and accomplishments within your essay contents, explaining your uniqueness and depth in this field.”</p>
<p>I sure hope so! My main Common App essay is about my passion for screenwriting, so I hope it works out that way. :)</p>
<p>“Maybe a way around your dilemma is to make contact with a Brown professor in your field of writing, and send your lengthier pieces to him/her for analysis with the nudge …“and if you really like this, please tell your admissions office!””</p>
<p>That’s another good idea, but I thought professors had no bearing on admissions? </p>
<p>“The risk I have heard about is that if your application folder is the BIG FAT one, the admissions officer might succumb to the temptation to read yours last, or at least later than all the nice tasty thinner ones. And that might not be to your benefit.”</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s what I’m worried about. But you say 33 pages might not be too long? Well, I was thinking of sending a little 5-page excerpt from a script or a short film script, so maybe it wouldn’t be too bad. Hmmm…it’s all really confusing! :P</p>
<p>Erm, 33 pages IS very much. At most a sample should be 2-3 pages. MAXIMUM. You should never send anything more unless they specifically request it. That is just about what every single admissions officer says.</p>
<p>My interviewer for Brown ask for me and he told me that they wanted to read it and to mail in part of it.</p>
<p>I submitted a 32 page play which I wrote and which was produced. In addition, I sent the newspaper article written about the production. I did however, include a cover letter which summarized the thing and which, in effect said, ‘I know you’ll never read all this, bit I particularly like these pages…’ That way, they get to see the magnititude of your work, but don’t feel as though you are pressuring them to read the whole thing.</p>
<p>My son wanted to submit something involving his science research. The admissions person said to submit a one page abstract. In other words, if it’s a supplement, try to summarize it in one page.</p>
<p>32, 33 pages is much, much, much too much. If you’ve already sent it off, there’s nothing you can do. So this advice if for anyone who hasn’t mailed their writing supplement yet:</p>
<p>Three to four pages is enough – and you’d be lucky if admissions reads beyond the first page. I know you all might find this hard to believe – but if you are a good writer, you can convey that in one paragraph.</p>