Technically speaking if admissions are holistic

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Nothing should be considered negatively right?
So if I send in an extra essay can it ever work to my disadvantage?
I know I am probably splitting hairs but I have two well written essays with both having some advantages
So I cannot for the life of me decide which is REALLY better. Most people I should it to are leaning on one essay though</p>

<p>Can I play it safe and send both? Or can that look bad on me if the other essay isn't as good</p>

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<p>What does holistic admissions have to do with extra essays? Holistic admissions means they look at the whole picture. </p>

<p>Sending too much material can be annoying to them imho. You can ask someone to read your essays and tell you which one is better. or you can decide for yourself which one paints a better picture of you.</p>

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<p>Guess I have a different outlook. Sending 2 essays when they ask for 1 says to me; “can’t read directions”. But that’s just me.</p>

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<p>Anyone who can write one good essay can write another, so sending two can’t help. Follow directions and send one.</p>

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<p>Readers spend long hours reading hundreds of essays. Do you really want to be the applicant who annoys them with more to read?</p>

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<p>Its not like I can’t read directions or am not following them. It is just in the completely optional section in common app and in mit form we have space to write whatever we want right? So why not send an essay
jpm50 annathegreat I mean no disrespect but can too giving them to much information to read really be a bad thing? after all the more the applicant is described the better their understanding of the applicant? And it was my belief that when people get deferred they usually add extra things to their application to boost their chances and since I am a regular candidate I will never have that chance</p>

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<p>Yes.</p>

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<p>Ok thank you so much everyone, I guess I will not be sending it then
Thank you again I really appreciate everyone’s help in taking their time out to help an anxious college hopeful</p>

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<p>Not only did I fill in the “additional info” section on the MIT app, (Section 8? 7?, I forget), but I also mailed in an additional essay as well as other physical projects, which they specifically ask not to do. I can’t say whether or not it helped, or recommend any do the same, but I was accepted EA if that’s any help.</p>