<p>I know they "prefer" that I do not submit another essay; however, I believe that this additional essay will give them a broader perspective on the specific studies I am interested in pursuing as well as what fostered that interest in me. Will they be annoyed by ad. essay if its not long? Has anyone in here done it before?</p>
<p>Yea, dude. You should write a book about yourself and send it in as a supplement.</p>
<p>I never said anything about writing a book. I asked whether submitting an additional short essay would be a big deal. I could not understand your response to be honest.</p>
<p>lol I think Crooked is kidding... You do NOT want to send them anything else like that. they will just get annoyed.</p>
<p>No. They have enough essays to read. That's particularly true when they tell you not to. In this case, read "prefer" to mean "don't."</p>
<p>Ruskie are you Russian?</p>
<p>You can submit anything you want to submit. Most likely you will not annoy them; so, there's nothing to lose besides their reading of it, which you wouldn't have had a chance at if you hadn't sent anything in.</p>
<p>I did do this, but for me it was more of a writing sample because I had won a few writing awards. I basically emailed my regional admissions officer and told him "Hi, I recently won blablabla and would like to send the piece I wrote as additional information. I know Columbia doesn't usually prefer this but would it be ok if I sent it?" and he responded "Sure go ahead."</p>
<p>So I would say ask your admissions officer.</p>
<p>I'm Uzbek and Russian</p>