Harvard Supplementary?

FoShizzle
Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:25:08 +0000

Hello everybody :)

Just looking at the Harvard websites, and I discovered Supplementary essays are optional:

“Supplementary materials or portfolios are neither required nor expected. Such materials may be submitted, but you should do so only if you have unusual talent. Students with truly exceptional talents or achievements may send music recordings, slides of artwork, or selected samples of academic work for the consideration of the Admissions Committee.”

To me, it seems Harvard actually discourages supplementary essays unless you are unique as hell.

So here’s my question: if you don’t have some amazing talent that Harvard purports that it wants, should I not write a supp essay?