How much is how much when it comes to supplemental materials?

Applying to College
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<p>The two reach schools that I'm applying to are Smith College and Mount Holyoke College. My SAT scores don't at all match their average (so I'm going SAT-optional for MHC).</p>

<p>I'm planning to major in Philosophy and Political Science, hopefully going into a career of journalism. I'm said to be a talented writer so I know if there's one thing that can get me into these schools, it will be my writing.</p>

<p>MHC asks for a graded essay so I'm sending them that. I'm also going to do the same for Smith (even though it isn't necessary).</p>

<p>I'm also sending both of the schools four one-page published articles (one of them are about the women's college experience).</p>

<p>Both schools are getting each a one-page letter of WHY I WANT TO GO THERE TO</p>

<p>But I feel as if that's not enough.... I NEED TO GET INTO THOSE SCHOOLS! I have a 3.5 GPA, 8 APs by graduation, an expected 25-27 on the ACT, AMAZING LEADERSHIP ECs, great essay, and good good teacher recs.</p>

<p>Smith is my dream school. It's the most prestigious school I could end up going to and it's the perfect one.</p>

<p>So I was thinking about sending them the first 3-5 chapters of my novel that I'm working with an agent to get published. Is that stretching it? I'm not trying to be pretentious about my writing but I REALLY WANT TO GO TO ONE OF THOSE TWO SCHOOLS!!!!!!!! IT"S ANGERING ME THAT I MIGHT NOT GET IN!!!</p>

<p>I was thinking maybe I could send them a diskette of my novel but then they might not open it to do a fear of viruses or uploading a PDF on a website but they might not go to it.</p>

<p>I WANT THEM TO KNOW I HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN USE.</p>

<p>I'm sure artists have used similar techniques to get into competitive schools.</p>

<p>So what should I do?!!!</p>

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<p>If they don't want these materials, they might not even look at them even if you send them because admissions officers are incredibly busy.</p>

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<p>BUMP! sdlfmslf;ds</p>

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<p>i agree..they are too busy to look at a pound of extra material. if you MUST send extras, please make them brief..thank you</p>

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<p>I'd say that you've already sent enough material to both schools.</p>

<p>Sending parts of your novel will be overkill...</p>

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<p>I agree, it might be overkill. Have you interviewed there? That might help a bit.</p>

<p>Also, I think you've probably sent enough stuff that they can fairly judge your writing. Sending a few chapters from your novel will likely not help you and may hurt you.</p>