<p>This is probably a really dumb, specific question, but I need help clarifying this one short answer question.</p>
<p>Do they mean it as in- "What do you usually do on free afternoons?"</p>
<p>Or as "Ideally, if you could do anything tomorrow, what would you do?"</p>
<p>I know they're pretty similar but my answers to either would be pretty different.</p>
<p>I rarely have free afternoons, but I put what i’d realistically do if I did have a free afternoon.</p>
<p>I took it to mean the second one. That seems to be what they were looking for.</p>
<p>It’s not something esoteric or literal. It is open-ended. Be creative. It’s not some sort of test. It could be a normal answer, a funny one, a dull one, or anything etc… Just be yourself, be honest, and it could be either of those as long as it makes sense in context.</p>
<p>I also think it is the second one.</p>
<p>Just answer honestly. You probably shouldn’t be saying piloting an airplane, scaling rock cliffs or bungee jumping, unless you actually do any of those things with regularity.</p>
<p>I see the question as asking, assuming you have absolutely zero obligations tomorrow, what you would typically or most likely be doing.</p>
<p>I think it would be hilarious if you somebody wrote “I refuse to answer this because there’s no such thing as a free afternoon at Yale.”</p>
<p>work on your Harvard application</p>
<p>How many people are reusing their Yale supplemental essay for Harvard? Everyone?</p>
<p>Lol @ bioslick!</p>
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<p>If I ever finish my Yale essay then I will</p>
<p>“I’d rejoice because all my college applications would be done.”</p>
<p>WL silver: Haha, agreed!</p>
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Actually, I don’t think this would be considered very hilarious, because it’s not really true for most students.</p>
<p>I think I would say that this question is probably designed to give you the opportunity to show that you are a well-rounded person, preferably one who doesn’t just work all the time. Thus, for example, I would not suggest answering, “Get in a few extra hours of violin practice,” even if that is what you probably would do. “Go to see a movie with friends” would be a much better answer, in my opinion.</p>
<p>I think it’s the second one.</p>
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<p>I don’t really agree with that. I mean there are IMs or Master’s Teas nearly every single afternoon, so already a student would have something to do even if they were not involved anywhere else at all.</p>
<p>I can see that there are no “required” afternoon commitments, but I’ve never had an afternoon where there’s nothing to do.</p>
<p>A free afternoon is not the same as one where there’s nothing to do–it’s one where there’s nothing you *have *to do.</p>
<p>I think it’d be pretty funny whether it’s true or not…</p>
<p>I thought about stating that I’d sell it on ebay and see how much I could get for it, but turned to a more conventional answer in the end. : )</p>
<p>I kept it simple. Kayaking and a cookout with the family. </p>
<p>I miss kayaking, :(</p>