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Can my student send extra documents (portfolio, CDs, additional recommendations)? How are those treated in the review?
Applicants may send additional materials, and if they are of a size/format to fit neatly into a file folder, those materials will be included in the file. Materials such as DVDs and CDs will be stored nearby and a note attached to the file.
No such materials, including portfolios, will be returned to the applicant, so it is crucial that students not send valuable original material. Please know, too, that such additional materials will most likely only be seen by admissions officers and not by the persons who might be best able to evaluate them. For instance, Blair faculty will not review music tapes submitted by students who are not auditioning for Blair.
As far as additional recommendations are concerned, we would advise applicants to be judicious about soliciting them. Such letters have value if they clearly add to our understanding of how the applicant would contribute to, and benefit from, the Vanderbilt community. So a recommendation from a drama teacher or adviser is more likely to bear weight than a letter from a senator, for instance.
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