Columbia的optional essay是写好还是不写好呢，求教

sunnyice

Optional Essay
Is there any further information that you wish to provide to the Admissions Committee? (Please use this space to provide an explanation of any areas of concern in your academic record or your personal history.)

如果并没有明显的application上的gap，这篇文章到底要不要写呢

JonFrank

Well this is a tough question.  The easy answer is that “no,” you shouldn’t write it if there is no aspect of your candidacy that you haven’t covered.  But in the event that there IS something you haven’t hit—this is the place to cover it.  It doesn’t have to be a gap—even just a quick couple sentences here to cover an area of your background would be okay—just use these sentences carefully.  We don’t want to go overboard here.  200-300 words, max.  And if you have covered most or all of your background, leave it alone…

Jon Frank

sunnyice

有一个gap 就是我的托福只有101 一个很鸡肋的分数
我担心我专门为了TOEFL的分数写一篇essay有画蛇添足之嫌 反而弄巧成拙