<p>Is is ok to send in extra recommendations and resumes? Or should you just stick to what they ask for?</p>
<p>I have some advisors who know me a lot better than my professors, but they have never taught me in a subject. So I would like to have at least one of my advisors write a recommendation to compliment my professors' recommendations. But I don't want to bother the admissions office with more stuff than what they will be willing to read.</p>
<p>Including one extra recommendation letter is okay (kinda like exceeding the recommended word count on the essays by a little bit), but if you provide considerably more than what they asked for, this will show a blatant disregard for the instructions and will probably count against you. If you include too many extras, it could also show that you don't feel confident in the materials you provided.
Include only one resume. They have no need for extra copies. It's not like they're taking them home and passing them around to their family and friends.</p>
<p>Cornell requires 1 rec and I sent 2. I think it shows strong feelings. As far as other materials: some schools like Stanford say that they won't read anything extre. I wanted to send a poem that I couldn't include in my essays to the schools that I am applying to but so far I couldn't gather enough info whether it would help or hurt me... Mediocre stuff definitely hurts tho.</p>
<p>martin did you finish writing your Cornell essays? if so, with how many did you end up with?</p>
<p>Only include extras if it includes information that would otherwise not be in the materials you are already providing. Admission officers do not like reading redundant material.</p>
<p>Do you think it'd be ok to include one additional (very short) writing sample, if you're applying as an English major? I'm trying to emphasize that writing is important to me/that it is a strength, and I have a paper which relates to what I'm going to write about in one of my essays.</p>