<p>does it helps sending the latest awards or nominations you just got to the colleges? do you think it can boosts an application? or it can has the opposite effect?do you think too much infos can annoy them?</p>
<p>By all means, send them awards/accomplishments that you achieved post-submission. However, I would recommend sending them in bulk. If the admissions officer recieves several small emails, that might begin to annoy them.</p>
<p>Interesting answer about sending in bulk, saxophonegirl. Does everyone agree with this?</p>
<p>well i would definitely send in the extra info.
then again i would make sure im not over doing the thing. no need to send in the petty stuff.
but yes i would agree with saxophonegrl that all the extra stuff u want to send should be sent in at the same time. if theyr constantly gettin emails, packages, letters from u it might confuse them n ultimately annoy. i dnt no. thats my two cents on that.</p>
<p>I'll disagree here, based on book knowledge rather than on personal experience. What I've read says to send an update each time you accomplish something of substance. According to that source, some colleges use the "green pen" method of choosing among deferred or wait-listed applicants: Each time they receive some important news (award, scholarship, nominated/elected position, whatever), they make a note on the applicant's file with a green pen... when it's time to pick from the pool, the ones with the most green marks get picked first.</p>
<p>So that's another perspective. If you take that approach, be sure that every update you send describes a significant accomplishment. "I got an A on my last test/essay" doesn't cut it; "my independent project on sustainability made Siemens semifinalist" does.</p>