<p>I got deferred EA, and now I want to send in some more supplementary material. I am just wondering how much material would be considered "annoying".</p>
<p>I now realize that I have a perfect idea for the optional "creation" essay, which I did not do in my initial app. I also want to send in a research abstract discussing what I have done in my internship. In addition to this, I am getting a recommendation letter from my internship mentor. I am going to send the abstract and essay along with a cover letter, stating my continued interest in MIT.</p>
<p>I feel that all of this will add something new to my app, but it just seems like a LOT of extra stuff. Should I still send it all?</p>
<p>i sent in a recommendation letter from my preceptor with my app, but I'm thinking of sending in my entire research paper, not just the abstrtact...but it's up to you.</p>
<p>are you going to actually say "I'm am still interested in MIT" or well, along those lines ??</p>
<p>I feel like that would be weird cause I have a cover letter for my research paper but IDK</p>
<p>Oh yeah, do you think you will send an updated resume/activities list?</p>
<p>_____________________ BUT DEFINITELY SEND IN ALL THE STUFF YOU MENTIONED, I think it will show how interested you are...hope we get in! :)</p>
<p>i don't think i'm gonna do an extra resume, since i dont have any new activities</p>
<p>my abstract isn't really an abstract i guess, its more of just a summary of what i've done. I don't actually have a research paper...</p>
<p>My cover letter is kind of just like talking about why i like mit over other schools, and i explained a bit about why i'm sending each extra thing.</p>
<p>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.</p>