<p>I was wondering what exactly is good enough to justify sending supplementary materials.</p>
<p>I worked really hard sophomore year on a satirical/factual documentary on George Bush & The Axis of Evil. It was my first time directing and producing a video on my own, so its not professional or anything. However its related to what i want to major in, and while its not really an "extra-curricular" per say, I definitely want to include it in my application. It's about 25 minutes long, should I send them a copy of the DVD as "supplementary material"?</p>
<p>I've heard that they throw all videos and DVDs away....the adcom won't even see them.....their assistants dispose of such material as soon as it arrives....</p>
<p>throw it away, so don't risk it. Postage fee will be wasted. Use the time and money to do something better, l ike further your education in other ways</p>
<p>thanks - i had a second look through the yale website and it says video tapes will not be reviewed anyway, so i'm guessing that applies to dvds as well.</p>
<p>You should think carefully before submitting supplementary material. There are many successful applicants who submit only the items that we require. There are also cases in which mediocre submissions or too many extra items can work against a candidate. Supplementary submissions make sense when they add important information. If you have a particularly well-developed talent, you may send supplementary material such as a cassette tape, musical scores, slides, or writing samples. Please note that we do not evaluate videotapes or DVDs.</p>
<p>That sounds very impressive, yet I wouldn't send it. Yale says specifically on their site not to send any videos/DVDs. Maybe you could write up a page describing the project or in the additional info section, then send that in.</p>
<p>I am filmmaker, and I sent my DVD to a yale professor who then contacted the admissions committee (or so he told me)...if you have any connections at Yale use em!</p>