<p>Just as stated above..
how do we go about making our application stronger?</p>
<p>Can we do it online?</p>
<p>I want to add maybe two additional essays.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>yea can anyone answer this questioN?</p>
<p>i'm sending in an 2 essays, because i never submitted optionals to begin with (didn't realize the importance) also, plan to stay in touch with my ec... tho he isn't returning emails, and maybe a letter letting mit know it's still one of my top choices (i guess it's assumed with ea)</p>
<p>they cant assume with EA since its not SCEA or ED</p>
<p>I want to send stuff in, but how much is too much? I plan on having 2 additional recs, maybe an entusiastic letter or two from myself, a few newspaper articles, and a few of my friends are telling me that they're planning to send something (although I don't really know what). My file is pretty thick to begin with, and I don't want to come across as a desparate pest.</p>
<p>i dont think you'd look like a desperate pest, but rather a person who really wants to go to mit</p>
<p>Do what ya have to do to increase your chances :)</p>
<p>No one has yet to answer my question though.</p>
<p>I guess I'll just send in two essays along with my Midyear Report!</p>
<p>Both Ben and [url=matt.mitblogs.com]Matt<a href="and%20probably%20%5Burl=nance.mitblogs.com%5DBryan%20Nance%5B/url%5D,%20too">/url</a> will be answering the question, "What can I do to strengthen my chances in RD if I was deferred?" within the next few days: watch their blogs.</p>
<p>Thankyou (=</p>
<p>For the record, when I was deferred, I had a coach write me an extra rec. I don't know if it worked or not, but I got in, so at least it doesn't hurt. =P</p>
<p>Just be sure, if you're sending stuff to do it somewhat early, like before the end of Feb. And in terms of sending stuff, I was deferred last year as well and sent an updated resume (I think) and an additional essay ( I can't quite remember), but I'm not even sure if the additional stuff would have helped b/c I sort of sent my stuff in late and I have no idea if they, in the end, even considered it.</p>
<p>can u modify your Part II stuff?
I found...a bit too many mistakes (essays, etc)</p>
<p>thats what i'm curious about danielsjang.</p>
<p>Matt McGann has just posted a long entry, For Deferred Students. He answers all of the common questions about "what do I do now?" and adds some further comments. He specifically says, "Let your application stand," with regards to re-doing Part II or the essays or whatever. And he discusses why they will not tell you "why" you were deferred if you call or write to them. Recommended reading.</p>