Word count questions (several threads merged)

Djokovic
Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:09:10 +0000

@ChargerFan

“Applicants always ask how helpful supplemental essays are: Do we read them? Do we preferentially admit kids who use EVERYPOSSIBLESPACE in the application? Will I be at a disadvantage if I submit/don’t submit a supplemental essay? These are incredibly important questions, and there is an easy, unified answer to them. We specifically design our “required” application questions to get a ton of information from you, and we believe that these questions help us to get a very, very good idea of how you might thrive at MIT and contribute to our campus. The supplementary space allows YOU to feel comfortable that the application has captured as much as you would like to tell us. Use the space only if you feel you need to. Although we’ll read every word you write, we don’t give preference to those who use/don’t use the optional space. That’s why they’re optional!”

“For the record, there’s no difference between a supplementary essay submitted on paper or one submitted electronically with the Part 2.?”

I would assume it would be no problem sending a supplementary essay/additional information. What would you say though? A longer version of of your already-submitted additional information(optional section) ? Cause that might get redundant.