I complied with every directive on the applications, page numbers, ink colors, headers, footers, fonts, whatever. I'm a follow-the-rules girl when it comes to stuff like this...
Send them what they want, just the way they say they want it.
Don't send them more than what they ask for, therefore don't send them more unless they ask for it.
It would be one thing if you hadn't spoken with anyone, but you said that you were flat-out told they have everything they need. Sending materials when you were specifically told not to seems like a REALLY bad idea to me.
Scenario A: You're already out of the running, and they're just going to throw it out without watching it.
Scenario B: You're already a frontrunner based on the materials they've received thus far, so they don't need to see any more. Upon receiving your reel that they instructed you not to send, they see you as desperate, lacking self-confidence, unable to follow instructions, or as having host of other negative traits. They throw it away without watching it, and your work has no impact on your application...but your behavior does.
Scenario C: You're already a frontrunner based on the materials they've received thus far, so they don't need to see any more. Upon receiving your reel that they instructed you not to send, they see you as a determined go-getter who's a little pushy, and they admire it unabashedly. You go straight to the admit list, and perhaps they even offer you a nice fellowship.
I've got my fingers crossed that you'll get in, Mano...I just think you should let them take the reins now.
The committee knows what they need from you. To give them even more info to process, unsolicited, when you aren't the only applicant out there, when they have so much to do anyway, well, it just seems like a bad move.
Then again, I didn't apply to Chapman.
Good Luck!!
Send them what they want, just the way they say they want it.
Don't send them more than what they ask for, therefore don't send them more unless they ask for it.
It would be one thing if you hadn't spoken with anyone, but you said that you were flat-out told they have everything they need. Sending materials when you were specifically told not to seems like a REALLY bad idea to me.
Scenario A: You're already out of the running, and they're just going to throw it out without watching it.
Scenario B: You're already a frontrunner based on the materials they've received thus far, so they don't need to see any more. Upon receiving your reel that they instructed you not to send, they see you as desperate, lacking self-confidence, unable to follow instructions, or as having host of other negative traits. They throw it away without watching it, and your work has no impact on your application...but your behavior does.
Scenario C: You're already a frontrunner based on the materials they've received thus far, so they don't need to see any more. Upon receiving your reel that they instructed you not to send, they see you as a determined go-getter who's a little pushy, and they admire it unabashedly. You go straight to the admit list, and perhaps they even offer you a nice fellowship.
I've got my fingers crossed that you'll get in, Mano...I just think you should let them take the reins now.
The committee knows what they need from you. To give them even more info to process, unsolicited, when you aren't the only applicant out there, when they have so much to do anyway, well, it just seems like a bad move.
Then again, I didn't apply to Chapman.
Good Luck!!
