<p>I’m applying to transfer as an English major and am contemplating submitting some writing samples. I was thinking about submitting the chapter I wrote for a writing contest I won and a short vignette that my creative writing professor particularly enjoyed. </p>
<p>Has anyone else had experience sending in extra supplementary material and did you find that it ultimately helped the decision making process? Would it be a good or bad idea to try and see if a professor at Barnard would be willing to look at them? I’m kind of wary about sending these in, but I want to do anything to help my application. I’m confident in my essays but my Math SAT proves that I have the mathematical prowess of a particularly unintelligent raisin. As a 1st year transfer that worries me a bit. </p>
<p>So, that’s my spiel. Thanks for putting up with my random questions! :D</p>
<p>Oh, I think maybe my daughter has the mathematical prowess of an ordinary grape -- she has 23 on the math part of the ACT, did not submit SATS but it was a 580. Barnard let her in anyway. I don't think they expect her to be taking any math. (The 9-ways of knowing has a quantitative reasoning requirement, but there are a variety of not-so-challenging course that can be used to satisfy the requirement). </p>
<p>Anyway -- don't worry about your math scores. Nothing you can do at this point anyway. Focus on your strengths. If you want to be an English major and have some writing samples you are particularly proud of, by all means submit them -- just don't over do it. In other words, if your prize-winning chapter is 30 pages long, I'd suggest submitting an excerpt -- same with the vignette. </p>
<p>I don't think you should try to have a Barnard prof look at them, because I'm pretty sure the profs have no influence whatsoever on the admissions decisions. But I am equally certain that the ad com knows good writng when they see it. Will your creative writing professor from your current college be giving you a letter of recommendation?</p>
<p>Yep, my creative writing prof. is writing a recommendation for me. I don't think I'll send in the contest chapter (it's around 3 pages, single spaced) as it's a bit fluffy and I'm getting kind of sick of it. Perhaps a poem (although I'm not really big on writing the stuff) and the vignette, which is only a page and a half. </p>
<p>Anyways, thanks for taking the time to reply. :) That takes a bit of my worries away concerning SAT scores.</p>