Has answering the questions on the application given them all the information they need about you in order to conclude that they want you? If not, what else should they know in order to really understand why you would be an asset to their school.
For instance, suppose that you started a tutoring program at your high school and in the first year it was working 7% more students got a C or better in math than usual and 9% more students got a C or better in English than used to -- and in the second year the stats were even better. They have a real interest in students who, either by excelling themselves or by helping others, will improve the academic performance of the student body as a whole. So if you haven't mentioned that yet, this would be the moment.
Or suppose that even though you've been getting Bs in history classes you work as a volunteer docent at a local history museum, and have become the most knowledgeable person on staff about some specialized subject about which the museum has an exhibit. That shows that you're self-motivated, and that's a great quality in a student. So if you haven't mentioned that yet, this would be the moment for that, too.
If you're really excited by the prospect of having 8 am classes, that's good news for them, too. Most students do not like 8 am classes, so if the only available seat is in an 8 am class they'll just take fewer classes than they would have if they could have gotten something at 2 pm. Having a student who will take a seat that otherwise wouldn't be filled instead of taking a seat that would have been filled anyway and leaving the person who otherwise would have occupied that seat to take one fewer class than they intended to means getting a little bit more money. That's great for them: they need paying students! (But I'd try to be tactful, not crass, about this sort of thing.)
Stuff like that. It's not for you to tell them how much you want to take classes there; it's for you to tell them how much THEY want you to take classes there in case they couldn't figure it out from the rest of the application..What information should I put down as extra info. about myself on a college application?What are the instructions on the application? For some, the "additional info" section could be for you to put down an excuse for a slump in grades, although it's not recommended to write too many outlandish "excuses." For others, it's a place to list extracurricular activities or elaborate on a specific one important to you. Call the school for more info.
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