<p>The commonapp prompts for: "Include any additional information that you would like to provide."</p>
<p>What do I put here?!</p>
<p>I honestly have no idea if I am even supposed to put anything here...unless I have rabies or something to that effect.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>~they leave space for 2000 characters (not words), are they expecting something detailed?</p>
<p>I believe it is for you to explain any unusual or extenuating circumstances that illuminate any irregularities on your application (e.g., your grandmother died during your freshman year, which is why you got a C in physics). If you have any prior convictions/disciplinary actions, they may also be addressed in the space as well.</p>
<p>Is it taboo to leave the prompt blank?</p>
<p>If I got a D in an art class soph yr of high school, which is the big ugly blemish on my application, and I am now a college freshman, and art is NOT my major, should I explain why?</p>
<p>Here&Now,</p>
<p>It’s not taboo to leave it blank. It would be taboo to fill something in when you don’t have a reason to.</p>
<p>Ok, it’s all starting to make a little more sense. I don’t have a traumatic life story, nor can I recognize any instance of a struggle in my life. I guess I’ll leave this guy blank.</p>
<p>what if I had troubles but they never really affected me much?</p>
<p>You bring up a good point: This prompt seems to have a lot of potential in admissions. It may be worthwhile to search really hard for the things that deviate you from the rest…oh wait, isn’t that what this whole thing is about?</p>
<p>And so my quest for ‘additional information’ begins.</p>
<p>Is it appropriate to discuss health/well-being issues, I guess could also be reason for wanting to transfer? (Physical, mental, spiritual, what have you)</p>
<p>any additional input?</p>
<p>You could also attach a resume or activity list, elaborating on some of your ECs or including those that you couldn’t fit on the application. That’s what I’m doing.</p>
<p>I also have a question of my own: Is anyone writing an extra essay in this section? </p>
<p>I wasn’t planning to write a full essay, but just a couple of paragraphs that touch upon some extenuating circumstances and other things not reflected in the application. (in addition to my activity list) </p>
<p>Would this be okay?</p>
<p>Haha, I have the opposite dilemma. I have SO MANY things I’d like to put in the Additional Comments section. </p>
<p>But so far, I only listed my “Additional Siblings” on that section. The Family section cuts off at about 4 siblings, I think, and if you have more, you’re instructed to put the rest of your family on the Additional Comments section.</p>