<p>I'm not sure if I should, there's nothing too exciting i could send. the only thing i have in mind is a speech i wrote last year that moved my classmates and was announced as the best speech. Should I send it? What are you sending?</p>
<p>If you mean in the “additional information” section of the Common App, that is not what it is really for. It is for things like additional courses that did not fit into the Common App format (eg, online courses), additional information on ECs (the space is so tiny for the description and awards), etc.</p>
<p>Yupp what intparent said :)</p>
<p>I put in details of an external exam I took (other than those listed in the CA like the SAT)</p>
<p>I put an essay about why my grades are low, also my resume.</p>
<p>That’s also why it’s there, Zombie. If something isn’t clear or need explanation, or if you need extra room, that’s all ‘additional information’.</p>
<p>Interestingly I just read a post from a guy in admissions begging students to not include resumes.</p>
<p>I wrote about explaining my school and some obsticals I’ve faced explaining the lack of rigorous courses (they’re not offered lol) and why I didn’t take so many college classes to supplement my high school ones (they were expensive)</p>
<p>That adcom would have been Stanford. They are explicit in hating resumes.</p>
<p>^It was actually from Tufts 
He/she’s doing an AMA on Reddit for those with last-minute admissions questions.</p>
<p>Yeah, I can imagine that S gets tons of ‘special’ applicants who are so wonderful that they require extra room to explain all that they’ve accomplished and maybe an extra essay too. That probably plays right into the hands of ‘normal’ applicants who are able to express themselves in a concise manner within the guidelines specified by the school.</p>
<p>x-posted w/Skeezey</p>
<p>I added a few awards that wouldn’t fit because it related to my interest in writing. I kept it brief, pretty informal and didn’t bother adding “that one club you join but it doesn’t do anything so you add it to fluff up the resume anyway” haha. I’d say no for the speech, you could reference it as an accomplishment perhaps?</p>
<p>I personally think a resume would be annoying if I were an admissions person. All the info is already in a standard format in the Common App. I would not want 3/4 of it replicated in another document, where I had to pick through it and figure out what was new and additional to the Common App. But it is appropriate to put additional info in if the Common App EC section does not provide space to list specifics and awards for an activity, or if you have more than 10 activities (my D had more than 10 that were relevant – she put 3 extras in the Additional Info section, and still left off a few that were just not relevant enough to include).</p>
<p>I added an abstract of a research project…is that inappropriate?</p>
<p>Some admissions teams welcome extras to show evidence of particular individual talent. A few go so far as to send research material or papers to professors in relevant departments for review (Harvard comes to mind). However, none of them wants to get bogged down by material that doesn’t truly add to the picture of the applicant presented in the application. An abstract of a meaningful research project does seem like an appropriate additional item for any school. A resume is often not viewed as a plus.</p>
<p>You guys are making me feel like I did it wrong…</p>
<p>ZD, I know some guidance counselors encourage the use of the resume. So I think a lot of students do it, and ad coms are used to getting them. I don’t think they ding you for it. But I don’t think it really highlights the stuff you can’t fit on the common app.</p>