<p>Hi, I'm a rising senior and a prospective applicant. A lot of the more prestigious schools seem to value research papers and lab reports written during internships, etc and I was wondering if anyone knew/had opinions on an EE (that's an Extended Essay) being valid material to send in? As most IBers would know, a lot of supervisors and teachers consider the EE as a piece of pretty legit research writing (...for high schoolers), it's 4000 words of concentrated analysis. Would it be considered appropriate?</p>
<p>If it helps, I'm writing mine in English Literature. I'm not going to apply as a lit major though, most likely something related to sustainability and environmentalism (something like EnvEng or environmental studies and economics). The EE is something IBers pore over the holidays and what not, so it would be great news for me if I could show something I'm genuinely proud of to someone other than the examination board. Any opinions would be immensely helpful -- especially so if anyone knows about sending in the EE elsewhere e.g. other Ivies, top LACs.</p>
<p>If you don’t have anything else, you could consider sending it in. But I don’t think Dartmouth takes full supplementary research papers; I think I sent an abstract, but I can’t remember for sure…so your best bet is to contact them directly and ask. (I wrote a science paper though, and for schools that took the paper, I submitted the research paper, not the EE form)</p>
<p>Regarding other Ivies, I believe that Harvard specifically states not to submit EEs, but accepts full papers, as does Princeton (last year). But take my comments with a grain of salt and contact each school about their policy regarding supplementary materials, and then their policy about EEs specifically. I had to tailor my submission for each school (abstract for some, full paper for others, none for some) when I applied last year, so be prepared to do some research (no pun intended). :)</p>
<p>Okay, duly noted. I imagine in your case the conversion from EE to paper format was a bit easier as a large part of the research was already established in the essay. Will contact the schools individually then. Thanks so much.</p>