How much is too much application material?

Applying to College
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<p>I noticed that colleges require the same application materials except for slight variations (i.e. 1 teacher evaluation instead of 2)</p>

<p>Is it OK to send all of this stuff to every college (except for those not using common app) just to be safe?</p>

<p>Basic Common App
College Supplement + Fee
1 counselor recommendation letter + evaluation sheet
2 teacher recommendation letters + evaluation sheets
HS transcript
Common App secondary school + mid-year report
SAT I + SAT II
AP scores</p>

<p>I want to also send:
Common App Artistic Supplement
10-min music CD of my playing
1 mentor recommendation letter (from summer internship)
20 page research report of the work I did over my internship (it's related to what I want to major in)</p>

<p>Like would an admissions officer be PO because I sent an extra teacher recommendation or a transcript? Would they look at the mentor recommendation? Would they throw out the CD?</p>

<p>I don't mind if they just look at what they require and file away the rest, as long as they're not annoyed or tossing things out. Hopefully, this is the usual mindset of admission offices?</p>

<p>P.S. I'm applying to Bowdoin, Wellesley, Barnard, JHU, NU, Cornell, Tufts, and Rochester.</p>

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<p>From an article in The Daily Beast last year:</p>

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<p>If you send things that the school never requested, or even worse things that you were specifically requested NOT to send, that may well end up affecting your chances. The safe thing to do is meticulously check each individual school’s required and suggested materials, not send the same thing to every school.</p>

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<p>I see what you both are saying. Thanks!</p>