<p>I have played clarinet since I was in grade 3 and therefore I wrote much about clarinet at the EC section. I won bursary and became provincial representitive at the Music festival.</p>
<p>But after I filled all the application and saw through it, I somehow felt that the Adcom will be suspicious of my Clarinet skill:(</p>
<p>To prove that I actually got the bursary and the prize, I am planning to send the award, bursary certificate, news paper that includes my face, and the CD that contains the new report about the festival and my very typical performance to the university. </p>
<p>Do you guyz think it's a good idea? Or would it be better to just not sending the additional material?</p>
<p>I do not want to be seen as the geek who sends bunch of useless and insignificant materials to the University. Also I am concerning about that CD, since I did not play thaaaaaaat well at the performance. </p>
<p>Hummmmm.....</p>
<p>Since I am from a Small island(Nanaimo in Canada) I think it's better to send the materials as the proof. </p>
<p>Your accomplishments are quite impressive, and there’s nothing about your ability on clarinet that seems suspicious or made-up. Don’t worry about sending a lot of supporting material - you’ve got nothing to “prove” and it will probably seem like unnecessary extra info to the adcom.</p>
<p>If for some reason they want to look into this, they know your name and where you’re from, and can contact your GC and verify that what you’ve said is the truth. But it’s highly unlikely that they’d do that.</p>
<p>I disagree with the previous post. Dont contact them about this issue. Adcoms would not assume that you’re lying unless they have a reason to. And the reason would be you calling in (if you did).</p>
<p>I agree with acquamarinee as well. The presumption is that an applicant is telling the truth. I think there would have to be something in the application or school report or recommendations that would be inconsistent with your accomplishments for adcoms to doubt you. </p>
<p>Are you applying as a music major, and if so, are you already sending in a CD? If this is the case, then perhaps sending in one additional thing, such as a copy of the newspaper article, would be OK. I don’t think they need copies of the award or certificate itself.</p>
<p>Leave out the award, certificate, and especially the “newspaper that shows your face.” It’s huge overkill. That’ll hurt your chances more than an adcom believing your clarinet skill is made up (and that won’t even happen in the first place).</p>
<p>They’ll probably be more suspicious if you send all that in, like you’re overly desperately trying to cover-up for something. Just let it be; you should be fine.</p>
<p>My kids sent a copy of a magazine on which they were the featured cover story. The adcom there loved it (or said she did), but she had about 200 kids to go through in 3 months, not 5,000.</p>