http://admissions.yale.edu/supplementary#art * Supplementary MaterialsYou should think carefully before submitting supplementary materials with your Yale College application. Most successful applicants submit only the items that we require. There are cases in which too many submissions, or submissions that do not reflect a high level of talent, can actually work against a candidate. Because the Admissions Committee gives greatest weight to the documents required of all applicants, we recommend that you focus your energy primarily on those elements of the application. Supplementary submissions may make sense for students with substantial and well-developed talent that cannot be conveyed adequately in the rest of the application. Due to the large number of applications that Yale College receives, we cannot evaluate all supplementary materials. Admissions officers and faculty members will be selective in choosing which submissions to review. We will accept audio recordings, musical scores, art samples, writing samples, scientific research papers, and links to personal websites. We do not encourage you to submit additional letters of recommendation, resumes, or personal essays; these are less likely to shed helpful new light on your application. How to Submit Supplementary MaterialsIf you are going to submit supplementary materials, please check the appropriate box on the Yale Supplement to the Common Application, Section VI, titled "Supplementary Materials." Supplementary materials other than art or music may be attached to the Common Application as Additional Information or mailed to our office, clearly labeled with your full legal name as it appears on your admissions application, your date of birth, the name and state or country of your high school, and the subject of the materials. Please see the sections below for more specific information about submitting art, music, academic work, and web supplements. While we cannot accept videotapes or DVDs of performances, applicants may include a link to a website or brief YouTube video in the space indicated on the Yale Supplement to the Common Application. In all cases, applicants should review the specific instructions below to ensure that materials submitted are appropriate. Acceptable Forms of Supplementary MaterialsWe will only accept submissions of art and music through our online submissions website, in .jpeg, .jpg, .tiff, .tif., .png, or .mp3 files, or, for music compositions, .pdf files. We continue to accept all other forms of supplementary materials in hard copy. Please do not send: Submissions that don’t demonstrate an unusually high level of ability. Unnecessarily long or extensive submissions. Succinct submissions often make a stronger impression. Three-dimensional submissions such as scrapbooks or sculpture. VHS tapes, CDs, or DVDs. A video addressing the admissions committee directly. Personal web pages from social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace. Anything that is not your own work. Please follow these instructions rather than those on the Common Application Arts Supplement form. You do not need to submit that form to us. Supplementary Materials - ArtIf you wish to submit images of your artwork as a supplement to your application, you must do so at our online supplementary materials submissions website by the appropriate application deadline (November 1 for Single-Choice Early Action candidates; December 31 for Regular Decision candidates; March 1 for transfer candidates). Here are some additional guidelines: Submit no more than ten images of your work that demonstrate the fullest possible range of your talents. Try to ensure that your technical and expressive abilities are equally represented. You are encouraged to include images of your drawings. When uploading individual files onto the supplementary materials website, please indicate the title, medium, size, and date of the work in the space provided. Also indicate if the work was done from life. (For example, "Girl with a Pearl Earring, Oil on Canvas, 17.5" X 15", 1665. Painted from life."). The materials must be in .jpeg, .jpg, .tiff, .tif, or .png file format. Resolution of . jpeg, .jpg, .tiff, .tif, or .png images should not exceed 768 pixels in height and 1024 pixels in width. To submit artwork, please check the appropriate box in Section VI of the Yale Supplement to the Common Application, titled "Supplementary Material."