<p>Er… Is this going to weigh to heavily on my admissions chances?
The reasons for my grades are health-based (for the most part).</p>
<p>Also, I’m in the Honor Choir at my high school and I’m wondering if a CD from one of our concerts would be an appropriate supplement.</p>
<p>I already plan on submitting art slides.</p>
<p>I doubt the C’s will matter much, but for the voice recording you should probably submit a solo recording of you, not the choir. After all, you want them to hear you.</p>
<p>Make sure the Cs are VERY well explained by your guidance counselor. If the Cs seem to reflect your not trying hard because it’s not an academic class or any type of bad attitude, the Cs will hurt you.</p>
<p>Yale’s application in the past has specifically said NOT to send supplements. Haven’t looked at this year’s app, but assume they still don’t want them. A CD from a choir concert is not appropriate. If you send anything it would need to be solo to showcase your voice. As a rule only conservatory quality or near conservatory quality musicians should send in recordings. I’m assuming the same is true for voice. For art slides, I wouldn’t send them in unless you are a major talent (you’re on contract with a local gallery, have won statewide or national competitions, have had your work commissioned by someone impressive, etc). If you just like to draw and people say you are good at it, you’re probably not good enough to send your art in, especially given Yale’s explicit statements about supplemental materials.</p>
<p>yale never said not to submit any supplements.</p>
<p>joy–You may have been tracking the applications longer than I have. I believe they used the word “discourage” in the past to refer to supplements.</p>
<p>This statement from the current Q&A on the Yale admissions website is more moderate: “For a very small number of exceptionally talented artists, musicians, and researchers, we may find it useful to refer tapes/CDs, slides, and/or abstracts to the appropriate Yale academic department for evaluation.” I interpret this as meaning you shouldn’t send in supplements unless they are truly impressive.</p>
<p>Supplemental recs are still discouraged: “We strongly discourage students from submitting more than the two required letters from teachers and the letter from a guidance counselor or college advisor that accompanies the School Report Form. Additional letters can have the effect of cluttering an application file, often repeating what has been said elsewhere, and can leave a reader wondering which letters are the most important recommendations. Three, four, or even five letters from teachers rarely do more work for a candidate than two. That said, we try to be flexible about the need, in isolated cases, for students to submit an additional letter. If you feel there really is a need to send an extra recommendation, one that will add substantially to your application, be sure it is labeled “supplementary” to avoid confusion.”</p>
<p>I sent in a supplemental rec bc it demonstrated some of my qualities that belonged in the application that weren’t in either of my teacher recs or personal essays. I think it helped me. But i wouldn’t send extra recs/supplements if they didn’t demonstrate something important that isn’t shown elsewhere in the application.</p>
<p>I don’t think PE will matter too much, it’s not at academic class so you should be okay :)</p>
<p>^^^ Yeah, but poor grades in a non-academic class can make it look like you don’t care or are lazy. It could show a lack of respect for the class/teacher. If the OP has a good reason for having C’s in gym, I suggest leting the adcoms know.</p>
<p>People get C’s in PE??? The only way you can get something like that in my school is if you have bad attendance and dress.</p>
<p>^ Bingo.
But I dressed out, so that leaves me to justify my poor attendance.</p>