National award notification; adding to submitted app?

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<p>Hello all. Today, I received a letter stating that I've been awarded a scholarship that I'd applied for in October. Naturally, the deadline for it coincided with that of Harvard SCEA, and there is no mention of it on my application. However, this is a very significant award- nationwide applicant pool, affiliated with another Ivy, super-competitive- and I feel like I'd be crazy to omit it. Still- as was mentioned earlier, Texas apps went to a subcommittee today, and I'm afraid that it will be too late for such an addendum to matter.</p>

<p>Still, I want to submit it- can't hurt, in any case. Should I update with the online form on the "Questions Regarding a Submitted Application" link, or should I call the admissions office? In either instance: how much detail of this should I give? I want to clearly communicate the nature of the award, but don't want to write some kind of short-answer entry about it, either. I know that several former Scholars have ended up at Harvard, and I think admissions may already have an idea of what it is, but again- better safe than sorry. </p>

<p>Any insights you can share are hugely appreciated. Thank you!</p>

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<p>Not sure what method you would go about to submit that information, but it sounds like something worth updating the admissions office. Congrats on your scholarship!</p>

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<p>Harvard’s file room does not open email attachments, so fax the information – along with your name, date of birth and high school – to Harvard’s file room at 617-495-8821.</p>

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<p>I agree with @gibby… fax it… make it short & sweet (“just the facts”) as I bet the adcoms are familiar with it. The info might not be there for the subcommittee meeting but will be there for the full committee. Congrats!</p>

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<p>Thank you, everyone! I’ll fax it tomorrow- many thanks to you all :)</p>

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<p>if the Update is in an email with no attachments, just in-email text, is that fine to send to the fileroom, an email?</p>

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<p>yes (10 char).</p>