<p>I left the additional space box blank on my MIT app. But as I am filling out my common application for other schools(yuck) I see that there are a lot of activities and honors and what not I did not include in my MIT app. Do you guys think it's okay to send in a word document with a table which lists activities/honors and the amount of time in each and a description if necessary?</p>
<p>And is it even too late to send anything to MIT for EA?</p>
<p>note: I know that MIT said do not send in a resume in lieu of the activities page. That's why I don't know what to do. I don't want to come off as a kid who can't follow directions.</p>
<p>Advice is much appreciated.</p>
<p>If you filled out the space for activities, then you are not sending a resume in lieu of the activities space. It's fine to send additional material, although if you want it for EA, I would absolutely send it today or tomorrow, probably through the fastest option available.</p>
<p>This is exactly what S did last year. He completed the activities section as requested on the app, then sent in a supplemental resume giving more detail and highlighting some of his other activities, etc. He sent it via hard copy with one of his external rec letters for EA. </p>
<p>Stanford was the only school on his list that didn't want this done.</p>
<p>Not a problem to do this, but mollieb is right -- it needs to get there ASAP.</p>
<p>So MIT wouldn't be annoyed at my addendum listing my other clubs/honors/notes about application?</p>
<p>From the first post in the MIT</a> admissions FAQ on this forum:
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I want to submit supplemental material, but I don't want the admissions officers to think I'm annoying. Should I send it or not?
I don't think fear of being "annoying" should be a factor at all in your decision to submit or not to submit supplemental materials. The people reading your application are professional admissions officers, and their job is to read the application that you craft and submit. They do not get annoyed when you follow their stated policy of allowing any supplemental materials that you'd like to send -- if it were a problem, they'd place a limit on the amount of supplemental material accepted.</p>
<p>I think it should be totally up to you as the applicant: do you think these additional materials will provide a better picture of who you are as a person? If they're redundant, I don't think they should be sent -- not because the admissions officers would be angry or annoyed, because they won't be, but because it's not helpful to keep repeating the same points in the application.</p>
<p>Scientists have a term called "grantsmanship" -- the skills that you need to craft a strong, pithy, on-point, fundable grant application. I think that undergraduate applicants need to have a dose of grantsmanship themselves to make an application that highlights their strengths and makes a strong argument for admission. Remember that the admissions officers have never met you, and they're relying only on your application to get a sense of who you are and why you should be admitted to MIT. If your extra material helps make that case, then send it. If it doesn't, then don't.
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<p>Thanks Mollie for that quote</p>