<p>I've heard that when it comes to sending supplementary materials, it's not strictly only arts or music. Can I send different kinds of supplementary materials such as an essay or poem? Does anyone know where the information on supplementary materials is on the website? I found part of it, but it only talks about arts and music, but I have heard other people sending other stuff... so how?!</p>
<p>they do accept supplementary recommendations but not without sufficient reason... Yale's website says they "discourage" students who send in supplementary recommendations just for the sake of doing it. I had one from a Jesuit institute i used to volunteer at. Didn't send it in after I read that though...</p>
<p>Don't know about essays and poems, but it stands to reason that if you have 1) great grades in difficult Eng Lit courses and/or 2) have prizes and recognition form poetry/essay contests, then they'll know about your skills anyway. If you have neither of the above, then ask the teachers to remember your writing skills or something...</p>
<p>My point is that there are usually other ways of saying the things that might be on your supplementary materials. Redundancy is a pitfall for many zealous applicants. Your ability to condense yourself as well as possible on the space allotted is probably a part of what the admits are looking for. Good luck! Stay Sane! Only 9 days left!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yale.edu/admit/faq/applying.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.yale.edu/admit/faq/applying.html</a> <<< this is useful for some of your questions as well.</p>
<p>So i just found out yesterday that my counsler sent THREE teacher recs!!! I had asked my 10th grade teacher to write one, but then decided i only wanted to use her for some schools which didn't explicitly say "ONLY 11th and 12th grade teachers". So altogehter i asked 3 teachers even tho i had the intention of only sending 2 to each school.</p>
<p>Would sending 3 recs UNintentially hurt me?!?</p>
<p>It wouldn't "hurt" you per se... they might be a little irritated if they all say the same thing...</p>
<p>I sent three recs (2 from academic teachers and 1 from my debate coach) because I felt like the extra one from my debate coach really showed another side of me that might not be readily apparent in my app. It was also a really well-written rec, lol.</p>
<p>I'm not too worried about it. I don't think it'll make or break my app, really.</p>