gibby
September 24, 2014, 11:22pm
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<p>Yale has some pragmatic advice about supplementary materials, which would also apply to Harvard. </p>
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You should think carefully before submitting supplementary materials with your application. Most successful applicants submit only the items that we require. There are cases in which too many submissions, or submissions that do not reflect a high level of talent, can actually work against a candidate. Because the Admissions Committee gives greatest weight to the documents required of all applicants, we recommend that you focus your energy primarily on those elements of the application.</p>
<p>Supplementary submissions may make sense for students with substantial and well-developed talent that cannot be conveyed adequately in the rest of the application. Due to the large number of applications, we cannot evaluate all supplementary materials. Admissions officers and faculty members will be selective in choosing which submissions to review.
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<p>Only YOU can make the determination if your supplemental materials are really extraordinary or if they would detract from the required materials.</p>