<p>i'm going to be applying next year, and I was wondering how stanford views supplemental material. In my case, it would mainly be research papers/abstracts. Also, how many research papers/abstracts would be acceptable to send?</p>
<p>Stanford advises against sending any extra supplementary material. They are very clear about this. If you want, you could include a brief paragraph describing your work.</p>
<p>IMO, the only supplementary material that is welcome is probably an additional letter of recommendation from your employer, coach or research supervisor.</p>
<p>If you think you have something amazing to show, like research papers/abstracts, try to project them in the main essays only.</p>
<p>Also, I think Stanford may be switching over to the Common Application next year. Can't remember where I read that.</p>
<p>If so, there is a section at the end for additional information, and you can describe your research there.</p>
<p>Yeah, they are switching to the Common App and the deadline is being changed to Jan 1st instead of Dec 15th.</p>
<p>yes, i envy the future applicants!</p>
<p>The skewed deadline and separate form had put me through a lot of trouble, not that I regret it anyway.</p>
<p>I sent a research abstract. I wouldn't send a whole paper. How many are you considering sending? I think I would recommend one, maybe two at most, and they should be for fairly substantial research projects, not just some paper you wrote in a class once. On my acceptance letter there was a handwritten note saying they hoped I'd do research at Stanford, so I guess the abstract didn't hurt.</p>
<p>you had a handwritten note? wow!</p>
<p>on my acceptance letter, the signature itself was a digital one!</p>
<p>All the earlies got a handwritten note including me. :D</p>
<p>Thanks for the help. I have around 2-3 really significant abstracts I'd like to send, but I'll see if I can cut it down.</p>