<p>optional letter of rec okay for wes? I have a phenomenal letter of rec from my journalism advisor. I know certain schools like NYU just toss the extra letter. thanks all</p>
<p>They'll read it, but they warn strongly against providing too many extra rec's, and that the more useless extra stuff you provide, the worse mood they get in and the less likely they are to read it. In the book "The Gatekeepers," one of the students submitted a very long writing sample, but the admissions officer threw it away. The student had written an excellent essay and was admitted anyway.</p>
<p>But if you have one very strong extra rec, they <em>will</em> look at it, and if it's phenomonal it could greatly improve your chances. I don't mean to scare you or anything; I also submitted an additional letter of rec. from my newspaper advisor who wrote an excellent rec., and I got in, so, good luck! I think you should submit this extra letter :D</p>
<p>yay, thanks. i also e-mailed wes and they said it was ok. so now i'm sending in TWO letter of recs from academic teachers and then one additional optional one from my journalism advisor and once from my counselor. whew.</p>
<p>What about supplemental writing samples?
I have a really excellent letter of recommendation from an editor at the newspaper I interned at, which I definitely plan to submit because it kind of makes my application. I also thought it would be nice to submit (what I think is) a very good article I wrote for that paper.
Do you think they'd think too much supplemental material and toss all of it? Because if that's the case, I'll just submit the letter.</p>
<p>e-mail them!</p>
<p>what are current student's thoughts about sending in a resume? In a resume I could expand in more narrative form my interests, "passions, honors etc? The common application gives u no room beyond bare bones. Did anyone do that? So what du u think?</p>
<p>A lot of people submit resumes, and I'm not sure whether or not they're beneficial - I've heard differing accounts. In "The Gatekeepers" (a book which is a very honest portrayal of the admissions process at Wesleyan University) there was a point when they wanted more information about one of the girl's activities, and had they known more information, would have been much more likely to admit her.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I've also heard accounts that resumes can be found pretensious. I'm not sure what the truth is. It probably doesn't make a huge difference either way. Toffee might be right - your best bet is to e-mail them or ask at an information session or such.</p>
<p>As for supplemental writing samples, same thing goes - there probably isn't that much harm in sending them; they just might not read it/send it on to the appropriate department. Worth a try!</p>