<p>Is there a way I can email a supplemental essay, or do I have to snail mail it?</p>
<p>If I CAN email it, does anyone know the email address?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance, it's probably a stupid question.</p>
<p>I'm mailing mine in rather than email - it seems safer and apparently it's easier for them to handle (assuming it's just text that you're mailing). Hopefully if it gets mailed by tomorrow it will get to them in time.</p>
<p>Are only EA deferred ppl allowed to send supplemental essays?</p>
<p>Are only EA deferred people allowed to send in a supplemental essay?</p>
<p>edit: sorry for the duplicate</p>
<p>I don't think so.</p>
<p>Regular action applicants can send in supplemental material as well.</p>
<p>So, does which email address do I send my updates to? Also, can turning in a supplemental hurt my chances (not b/c my essay is bad, but because they don't want more essay)?</p>
<p>Matt says, in his blog entry on supplemental</a> material,
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I've been getting a lot of questions about supplemental material. None of the below is required or even expected. In general, you should not send supplemental material unless the application did not sufficiently show who you are...</p>
<p>As #14 on the application part 2 says, we know that no admission application can meet the needs of every individual. If you think that additional information or material will give us a more thorough impressions of you, feel free to provide that information or material. You can do this through the online application or mail things in to MIT Admissions. Please include your full name and date of birth.
[/quote]
The mailing address for the MIT admissions office can be found at the bottom of the admissions webpage, and their email address is <a href="mailto:admissions@mit.edu">admissions@mit.edu</a>. I would advocate sending updates via mail rather than email, because emails must be printed off (and because MIT does not accept email attachments, so any essays sent via email must be sent in the body of the email in plaintext). </p>
<p>If you plan to send supplemental material, I would advise sending it very soon -- reading has already started, and your application may already have been read by one or more readers.</p>
<p>I think it's wise to keep your application as pithy as possible, and I think supplemental essays and recommendations should be judiciously chosen. No one will be angry with you if you choose to send additional material -- MIT doesn't put limits on the amount of information you can send, and it's the job of the admissions officers to read the application you craft -- but your application will be more effective if it's as succinct as necessary, but no more succinct than that.</p>
<p>thanks mollie.
However, I have decided not to send in extra materials. I think I just had one of those anxiety attacks and felt the unnecessary need to DO something. Reading things on CC tends to do that to me.</p>
<p>if we mail, should we write "EA deferred" or "Supplemental" anywhere on the envelope?</p>
<p>No, it will be matched to your application as long as you include your full name and birthdate on the material.</p>
<p>Is the overnight address the same as the snail mail address, which is at the bottom of the admission website?</p>
<p>also do we have to include a cover page of some sort?</p>
<p>I used a cover page.</p>
<p>You don't have to include a cover page, but you certainly can if you'd like (or if your submitted material will make more sense with one).</p>
<p>And the address at the bottom of the admissions webpage is the one you should use for all mail and mail-like services.</p>
<p>My son asked his mentor from his Microsoft Internship for a letter of recommendation, and he emailed a very nice recommendation which he wants to send as a supplement. However, the mentor has not yet sent a hard copy on letter head and has been hard to reach. Given how late it is getting, do you think it would be appropriate to forward the email recommendation? Or do you think it won't mean much if it's not on signed and printed on letterhead. He was thinking of maybe emailing what he has and telling MIT that he will follow up with the hard copy when it arrives. </p>
<p>Mollie - What do you think?</p>
<p>I'm not sure. One on hand, emailing is usually just fine, but I can see for a recommendation how it could be problematic, particularly since the text would have to be pasted into the body of the email (as we learned recently that MIT doesn't open attachments).</p>
<p>I think his decision to email with a note that he will follow up with the signed copy on a letterhead is probably the best one.</p>