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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]College counselor here- the trick to this field and the general additional info field is that it is not flowery, and there is no hook. There is no larger lesson or larger insight that you want the college to draw from this like the personal statement. This is not a second personal statement.  It is objective, to the point, and sticks to the facts.

“Even though my high school went online in March, I did not receive reliable technology until the middle of April due to a district shortage. Sometimes I was able to...”

“Last February, I had been accepted to Summer at Brown, where I would take an Introduction to Psychology class.  Psychology is not an elective offered at my high school, so I hoped to learn more and see if this was a potential major. Unfortunately, the program was cancelled/my mother lost her job, so we could not afford the program.”[/quote]

Good feedback.  What would you recommend DC write for this optional prompt?  He did better in 11th grade that he had expected, no doubt helped by the lower rigor of DL, got to connect with friends he had not been able to previously due to ECs, sports, etc which were all cancelled, He was planning on a summer internship (was waiting on responses when Covid started) and both places he had applied told him they were not doing it.  No big deal according to him.  He could not volunteer with friends who did because we have older people with health issues living with us.  He had not taken the SAT - cancelled multiple times - but eventually did end of August, happy with the results and did not want to improve on it although he could have (his choice).    DC strongly feels that he should not write to this prompt since he thinks he has not really been impacted, especially considering how others out there are dealing with real impacts.  His counselor did not give a straight answer when asked.

Normally we let him go with his decision but the feedback on this seems to be mixed.. "Don't write to it unless seriously impacted" on the one had to "Everyone was impacted, write something" on the other..[/quote]

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