National award notification; adding to submitted app?

theagentofchaos
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:38:04 +0000

Hello all. Today, I received a letter stating that I’ve been awarded a scholarship that I’d applied for in October. Naturally, the deadline for it coincided with that of Harvard SCEA, and there is no mention of it on my application. However, this is a very significant award- nationwide applicant pool, affiliated with another Ivy, super-competitive- and I feel like I’d be crazy to omit it. Still- as was mentioned earlier, Texas apps went to a subcommittee today, and I’m afraid that it will be too late for such an addendum to matter.

Still, I want to submit it- can’t hurt, in any case. Should I update with the online form on the “Questions Regarding a Submitted Application” link, or should I call the admissions office? In either instance: how much detail of this should I give? I want to clearly communicate the nature of the award, but don’t want to write some kind of short-answer entry about it, either. I know that several former Scholars have ended up at Harvard, and I think admissions may already have an idea of what it is, but again- better safe than sorry.

Any insights you can share are hugely appreciated. Thank you!