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shooter: I'm sincere in my desire for you to present yourself in the best light to the readers. I'm sorry if my blunt statement was hurtful. I apologize. However, please put yourself in the readers' shoes. Why does this person (out of 2000 applicants) think she is so special and wants to make me endure reading 56 pages when I could spend the same time reviewing 55 other applicants?!?
Imagine this: you're the manager of a department that needs to hire 10 positions. You get 150 applications and emailed resumes. One of the applicants has an additional 56 page attachment. Do you even open it? Or do you say -- "I'm sure I can fill the ten positions from the other 149".
Please don't do it. Like NJBKitty said, the purpose of your essay is twofold: 1) to project yourself to the readers and 2) to do it within the abnormal confines of a small essay. This is an exercise in and of itself. If 500 words is the goal, then 56 pp is about 28000 words or 56 times what's requested.
To answer again, they won't read it and it'll tank your application.
Good luck to you nonetheless
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