Extra essays...

College Essays
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<p>After I submitted my Common Application, I realized that my Common App essay perhaps failed to explain about myself... I may have simply appeared to be a good story teller.</p>

<p>So, last night in bed I was wondering, since college admissions have to read everything you send in... could I be sending them an extra essay, that WILL describe about my personal characteristic more? </p>

<p>But the deadline was 1/1, and if I were to send it in, it'll be post marked 1/2 earliest... do you think they'll still take it?</p>

<p>THANKS!</p>

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<p>Go ahead. But make it short! They don’t mind an extra essay as long as they’re not long.</p>

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<p>Do you think it’ll be ok for me to send those on 1/3 (since I didn’t get the chance to go to the post office today) although the deadline was 1/1, and everything probably needed to be post marked by 1/1?</p>

<p>Would they still read them?
:(</p>

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<p>Yes, they’ll still read it. Extra stuff sent in after the initial application will be added to your file. As long as you sent in your initial app in on time.</p>

<p>But some colleges don’t want extra essays so it’s your job to make sure.</p>

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<p>Ok, thanks you!</p>

<p>Also, I was concerned about this one thing…
When I submitted my Common App last night, it said: submitted 1/1
And when I checked this morning, it had changed to: downloaded 1/2</p>

<p>Does this mean I still got them in on time…?</p>

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<p>^Yes, I was worrying the same thing but that just means the college actually downloaded your app. They still have the date of submission on it.</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the replies!</p>

<p>Also, I know that I could just call/email all the admissions for this question but…</p>

<p>Does anyone know if </p>

<p>U Penn
Johns Hopkins
Stanford</p>

<p>accept extra essays, separate from the Common App and the supplements?</p>

<p>Sorry for asking… but thanks lots!</p>

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<p>dunno about the other two, but stanford is notoriously critical of extra stuff. just what i’ve heard!</p>

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<p>I would think that sending in an extra essay would suggest that you were unable to fully express yourself in your first one…which wouldn’t be a good thing.
unless you use your second one to explain some unusual circumstances, like if you were raised with a single mother under extreme poverty etc.
maybe you should send your original essay to some of the readers here, and ask them if it is actually that bad…otherwise, i would think you should just stick to it and not do extra things to undermine your app.</p>

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<p>I’m of Elanorci’s opinion, Stanford, unlike Harvard, wants you you to send what they want and nothing else.</p>

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<p>well as for stanford, they already have 3 supp essays. doubt they wanna read anything more than that.</p>

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<p>Ok… thanks for the responses!</p>

<p>I suppose I should ask if anyone here’s willing to read my Common App essay, and to see if I had expressed/talked myself enough in it… because I have a feeling that I didn’t :(</p>

<p>As for Stanford, I actually wasn’t planning on really sending anything extra because of the 3 other supplements.
Also, I contacted Johns Hopkins and they said they are cool with it, just for the future reference. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>