<p>I got deferred for EA so I updated my entire Common App. I rewrote the essay, rewrite the supplements, updated activities, added honors, and fixed little things here and there. What's the proper protocol for resubmitting the Common App?</p>
<p>I modified the PDFs from Common App and emailed them to Harvard, will they accept these? Do I have to fax a copy?</p>
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<p>Once you have submitted the Common Application to a college, you cannot resubmit an application to the same institution.</p>
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<p>No, Harvard’s file room does not open attachments to emails. You could either cut-and-paste your new information into the body of an email, fax everything, or send it all by post. Those are the only options.</p>
<p>So if I email/fax them my essays, they will replace the old one? Is it better to email/fax the entire Common App PDF or should I only tell them the changes? Which one is easier for them?</p>
<p>Also, do you know if they prefer email or fax?</p>
<p>I don’t think you understand how college admissions works. </p>
<p>Your new essays will never “replace” your old essays. Your old essays will always be part of your file; they will NEVER, EVER go away – even if you apply to Harvard three years or thirty years from now, they will always be part of the electronic file you submitted.</p>
<p>Your new essays, whether they are sent in by fax or post, will be added as updates to your file. Admissions Officers will read the new materials, but will always be able to refer back to your old essays, list of honors, activities, etc. </p>
<p>When you send in your new “everything”, you will need to supply an explanation as to why you are sending in new materials – and not understanding what Harvard was looking for is not an excuse that Admissions is likely to accept.</p>
<p>By sending in new essays etc, you are going to appear very desperate, and that will NOT increase your chances of being admitted – in fact, depending on what you send them, it may result in an automatic rejection, so I would really think carefully about what you doing.</p>
<p>It’s important to remember that Harvard deferred you, meaning they saw something in your application that they liked, but wanted to compare you to the rest of the RD applicant pool. I know it’s a disappointment, but your best course of action may be to send an email stating why Harvard is your first choice without sending in anything extra.</p>
<p>Thanks gibby, I wish I knew that sooner. I thought of EA as an “extra chance” rather than an “early chance,” so I quickly wrote my essays in less than a week and submitted it.
I will look through my application again and choose the important stuff to send. I know I have to resend my essay; the last one was honestly terrible.</p>
<p>For any future applicants reading this thread: If you can’t polish your work for EA, then wait until RD. Don’t be like me and do the entire application in a week (while I had school and school work!)</p>
<p>I would check with admissions on this. I realize the office is closed today. I think sending in a second essay might hurt your application for RD. I believe they just use your original EA application for RD and if everyone who was deferred sent in a second application/essay for RD it would be a huge increase in workload for admissions.</p>
<p>An exception would be winning some huge honor or award or maybe a new recommender who is outside of school and can add a dimension to the application.</p>