<p>I have a few questions:
1) Is it better to submit the Common App electronically or through the mail?
2) If a school uses the CA and its own app, does it really matter which one you submit? (the only schools that I am looking at that do this are Vassar and Tufts and neither are my top choices)
3) If I submit the CA electronically, can I just mail in a copy of my personal resume?
4) If I submit the CA through the mail, can I just attach a copy of my personal resume or should it be sent separately?
5) What else should I send in (I don't mean supplements the school wants, but other items like the personal resume)?</p>
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<li><p>There is no advantage given to an applicant who sends their application by mail or electronically, however, in today's technology age school's definitely prefer the latter over the former due to convenience.</p></li>
<li><p>Once again, colleges, as stated by their agreement to the common app program, must agree to hold equal weight between their personal application and the common application. Nonetheless, some believe that doing a school's application has some advantage to those reviewers who subconsciously favor their own application due to pride and other reasons, though personally I am on the fence on this issue, I would say a strong enough application should get you in regardless.</p></li>
<li><p>Couldn't tell you, you gonna have to wait for another response which is more knowledgeable on electronically sending the common application, though I'll send the question to common app in the meantime.</p></li>
<li><p>I would assume you would just attach it.</p></li>
<li><p>Nothing that I could think of, but perhaps I am misinterpreting question, nonetheless I come from a school that believes you should not send anything other than required forms and optional essays if you so choose to complete them, so...</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for the replay Tonyt88! You are really great! I am just getting slightly worried about all the nitty-gritty details of applying now. My school sound similar to yours in its philosophy of not sending anything but the necessary in. They don't even have an opinion about sending the personal resume!</p>
<p>No problem, yeah I think my school only suggests that make things easier on them when prepping everything for maililng, but regardless that philosophy has sort of stuck on me, and now I'm probably one of the few people who's against sending anything other than that which is required and the optional essays on various supplements, but nonetheless I can see why people will send extra stuff, but hmmm.</p>