<p>I'm applying to a college ED and another college non-binding EA.
I want to include an extra essay in the add. info section for the ED college but I'm using the extra essay as one of the supplemental essays for the EA college. Is it possible to submit a different add. section for each college? </p>
<p>Thanks. </p>
<p>Yes - you’ll need to submit one version to one college, then go back and change it for the next college, then send it to that one.</p>
<p>(I will just give my two cents and say that the additional info section shouldn’t be used for an additional essay, unless this essay is a description of additional activities that you didn’t list on the activities list, additional classes, or other factors that affected your high school performance, such as an illness or a family trouble.)</p>
<p>It’s an essay from Questbridge that I feel is essential to me.</p>
<p>I think it is really great that you are adding an additional essay because it is hard for colleges to get to know you on a personal level, but that extra essay is a great way to do that! At my college we encourage students to send in additional info so the admission rep can get to know you better as a whole person.</p>
<p>Interesting comment, as generally we have heard that colleges do NOT want additional essays. They ask for what they want, and receive so much material at many colleges that adding additional items that were not requested is not a good idea. My impression is that unless a college offers the option of additional recommendations, additional essays, etc., do not bombard them with info. “The thicker the file, the thicker the student”. Of course things like art supplements that colleges suggest are fine. But I would hate to see an avalanche of students thinking an extra essay is a great idea… because usually it isn’t.</p>
<p>Well it’s just 500 words…lol. </p>
<p>Marist College loves when students send more because they want to get to know the student better!</p>
<p>“Just 500 words” is roughly the size of another main personal statement. I would really recommend that you do not send it unless you think it’s absolutely necessary information - in that case, just take out the necessary bits and condense them to a couple sentences and put that in instead. Do not send them a n extra, full-length essay.</p>
<p>Oh…I don’t think I can condense it, I really think it’s important.</p>
<p>Okay, just be aware that it’s likely to hurt your application rather than help.</p>
<p>Oh. Even if it’s the best essay ever? Lol. </p>
<p>I have read WAY too many essays from students out here who think they have written “the best essay ever”. They are almost always mediocre at best… </p>
<p>Well not saying my essay is the best, but I think it explains my transformation after what I went through earlier in my life, which is explained in my Common App essay but I think it’s essential to continue it. </p>
<p>Could you just mail a hard copy to the school instead? If it “enhances your application” (versus bloating it), go ahead. To be sure,just email an admissions officer - that’s their job!</p>
<p>Alright :)</p>
<p>What you seem to be saying is that you want to expound on your Common App topic for twice as long. Part of college writing is the ability to edit your work to communicate the key ideas in the appropriate amount of space. Maybe that is really what you should consider. Remember what your college application and essay are for. The purpose is to help the college see why they SHOULD admit you. Don’t take the prompts so literally that you feel you need to tell your life story (that often is not the most helpful way to get admitted…).</p>
<p>Yeah. You’re right. I do want to continue my story but that’s not what they want. Okay 
Is it okay then if my Add. Info is only 100 words? Thanks. </p>
<p>I do have some unnecessary stuff in the first essay and it misses the “Why” question for my transformation. The second essay adds that; I think I’ll combine both essays. </p>
<p>So… just make sure your story build a picture of someone they would want to have on campus, that would be a positive addition to the student body. And you might want to get an adult with experience in college essays to review/provide editing comments (guidance counselor, English teacher, etc.).</p>
<p>Yup </p>