<p>Hey all, i was just wondering if anyone know how admission applications are processed.
Like, for example, I know that cornell asks the common app to be sent to one address while the supplement and teacher recs are sent to another address
so for students who send extra reference letters, essays, or research abstracts, are there people that filter those out and throw them out?
or would those still be read by the admission officers?</p>
<p>like, for me, i sent in a bunch of extra stuff such as community references, research abstracts, and essays. im wondering if those would be thrown out before they even get to the admissions officers</p>
<p>oh... and for cornell i sent everything to the common app address :P hopefully i dont get disqualified</p>
<p>colleges don't want all that trash, they've thousands and thousands of files to read. what do you mean by a bunch of extra stuff such as....essays? how many essays did you write? Did you not send them(essays )online?</p>
<p>oh i did everything through mail
cause i thougth that gives a better presentation and stuff
i didnt give that much essays, just one extra
but the big thing im wondering about is whether they threw out the research paper or community reference letters</p>
<p>You're gonna have call them and check on that. Call them and press the "application status" button. And no, mailing does not give a better presentation.</p>
<p>If they didn't ask for it, they don't WANT IT. 28,000+ applications... you want to annoy them even more after they had to read through hundreds of essays a day?</p>
<p>Oh and there's a reason why colleges are moving to an electronic rather than a paper application format: better organization, faster speed, much less clutter and no painful interpertation of handwriting. Nothing ****es off the admissions office more than a wasteful applicant who focuses more on showing her/himself off than on the overall efficiency of the applicant economy. They want people who can see the unselfish and big picture! Clearly your application is doomed to be thrown into the trash, all because you wanted to give a "better presenation." Tsk tsk tsk.</p>