<p>Yeah, so I didn't fill out this form or send in an optional recommendation, both of which I am considering doing right now before the admission officers go into committee around late Feb./early March. Anyone else considering this?</p>
<p>I did fill out the form; I sent it by express mail on the 3rd. I added an additional essay around 300 words that talked about my most important EC (I felt that 150 wrds was not enough). I am curious as to what you guys wrote for the optional information section. Anyone want to share?</p>
<p>I am planning on adding some additional information with my mid-year report too. Yet another blurb on one of my ECc, creative writing (I plan to send in a brief synopsis and the prologue of my novel). Will they consider it as part of the application?</p>
<p>I thought that those 2 forms had to be postmarked by the same deadline as the regular application...maybe I was wrong about that though. I sent in both things postmarked January 3.</p>
<p>the defer letter said that we could send stuff until the end of January</p>
<p>Yeah but I think that was just for deferred applicants. I would just go ahead and send the stuff in...it's optional, so best-case scenario they'll read it and it will be helpful and worst-case scenario they'll throw it away but you'll still have all the required parts.</p>
<p>So what do you guys think about me sending in a research paper I recently wrote? The only reason I might do this, is because I think that it might help emphasize my passions, government and politics. I am regular decision....</p>
<p>Thanks for any suggestions or advice!</p>
<p>I would only send the abstract. If it's longer than 2 pages, they probably won't have to time to read the entire thing anyway, and an abstract should get the point across. I would include the optional "supplementary materials" form. Most people think that's only for art and music and stuff, but one of the categories that you can check off is research abstract.</p>
<p>I'm thinking about sending a paragraph about my volunteer work, and maybe a few other things that didn't come across in the application. I sent my supplementary rec with the rest of the app, though.</p>
<p>but jo7 and everyone else, is it okay to send it this late? If i did send it, I'd definitely send them a little paragraph saying this is new research that I wrote. thanks!!</p>
<p>I don't see the harm in sending it. I guess you could say that you completed your research after the application deadline but you still wanted them to consider it. Alternatively, you could do a little research and find a professor that you might be able to send it to directly, and maybe you could ask the professor to evaluate it. Because I know that when you send in music or art or whatever, the AOs don't actually evaluate that. They let departmental people evaluate it, and then they just read the evaluations.</p>
<p>Either way, go ahead and send it. It will probably help!</p>
<p>I wouldn't send anything unless there's something they really need to know. Don't send something for the sake of sending something...</p>
<p>Alg8662 is right also. Just because that form is there doesn't mean that you have to send something with that form. A lot of people (if you search the ED acceptances) were accepted WITHOUT optional recs and WITHOUT "What Else" forms. So if you don't have something worthy to send, definitely don't worry about it and don't send it.</p>
<p><em>raises hand</em>
(aka, I was accepted ED and sent nothing extra in, not even a third rec)</p>
<p>Haha btlesgirl I was actually thinking about you when I wrote that! I love remembering ED family acceptance anecdotes.</p>
<p>I have a letter from my XC coach which talks about how dedicated I am, but kind of downplays my involvement in our teams success. I don't know if I want to send it in or not, I got rejected from stanford and I sent it there.</p>
<p>What would you do?</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, how does it downplay your involvement? If it makes you seem like you did less than you actually did, then I probably wouldn't send it because the fact that you were dedicated kind of contradicts with the letter that says that you weren't as involved in success as you actually were.</p>
<p>Did that make any sense?
I'm sure that the letter wasn't the reason you were rejected from Stanford...a lot of factors probably went into that. That sucks. I'm sorry, but I"m sure you'll fare much better at Princeton!</p>
<p>I wouldn't send it. If you feel like you desperately need a 3rd letter, maybe ask somebody else?</p>