Worries on the activity sheet and the Additional Comments

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>As an international student applying for Stanford Early Decision, I have a lot to say in the Additional Comments section. Yet, as I saw that Stanford does not like extra materials, I am worried on whether I should populate this section.</p>

<p>I have written a three-page-long activity list, because I felt the need to detail. I did not even tackle work experiences! Should I just remove it? Right now, it is still present, but with a notice in the beginning: "Please do not read this section if you believe the Activity List is comprehensive enough. I felt the need to attach a detailed activity list, because I wanted to give you as many meaningful materials as I could. However, please do not consider this as a r</p>

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<p>up…</p>

<p>By the way, I did not send the optional recommendation letter, so can I just say that supplemental essay could be considered as a replacement?</p>

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<p>You shouldn’t have another entire essay attached on why you chose your prospective major. If you like your essay about civil engineering, use that as your main common app essay, but don’t attach it is another essay. The activities list attached to your additional information section should be fine, but try to make it brief. </p>

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"Please do not read this section if you believe the Activity List is comprehensive enough. I felt the need to attach a detailed activity list, because I wanted to give you as many meaningful materials as I could. However, please do not consider this as a r</p>

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<p>Thank you for your answer. I will decide which of the two essays I will use (most probably the science one), and shorten the activity list.</p>

<p>Thank you again!</p>

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<p>they will not read either, and it will probably annoy them that you included them.
Activities lists are not accepted aside from the short section. </p>

<p>Also, they don’t consider majors nor do they accept essays about why you chose the major.</p>

<p>when additional materials are sent, stanford just throws out the pages (if printed material)/doesn’t read them.</p>

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<p>“when additional materials are sent, stanford just throws out the pages (if printed material)/doesn’t read them.”</p>

<p>But this is applied to one additional letter of rec. is it?</p>

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<p>Er–seriously? Stanford just throws out the pages? </p>

<p>What if I just have one sheet of some pretty crucial stuff? Not an extra rec or anything like that. In my Additional Info section.</p>

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<p>I don’t think there’s a problem with having a sheet attached to your additional info section of the common app that has crucial information. </p>

<p>I think the problem is when prospective students mail in extra supplementary materials that Stanford has not asked for.</p>

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<p>thanks for the clarification!</p>

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<p>Stanford’s Intellectual Vitality prompt & the Why Stanford essay give you the opportunity to write about your passion for engineering.</p>

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<p>the only additional materials accepted are the 1 additional recommendation, supplements (arts/athletic), and the short section in the common app itself.
things they throw out include: newspaper articles, pictures, sculptures, paintings, dioramas (lol, people actually send them…)
if you send more than 1 additional recommendation, they will only consider 1.</p>

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<p>NJDS is correct, and any additional recommendation must present some new or different information about you than your teacher recs do. E.g., it might come from a research mentor, a job supervisor, or an internship or volunteer coordinator, but it shouldn’t be another teacher from your school, nor should it essentially repeat what is in your other recs.</p>