To the following questions:
If you could live for a day as another person, past or present, who would it be? Why?
Most Yale freshmen live in suites of four to six students. What would you contribute to the dynamic of your suite?
Am I supposed to answer in full sentences or should I just list things briefly?
As for the two out of three essay topics we’ve got to choose from:
Please choose two of the following topics and respond to each in 200 words or fewer.
- What is a community to which you belong? Reflect on the footprint that you have left. (You may define community and footprint in any way you like.)
- Reflect on a time in the last few years when you felt genuine excitement learning about something.
- Write about something that you love to do.
Should I write the title of the topic I’ve chosen down in the box or should I directly paste my essays? Thank you!
IMHO, if you think you are a good candidate for Yale it seems that you ought to be able to make decisions like this on your own.
I am an international applicant/control freak and as an individual who used to be completely unfamiliar with the way you Americans apply for higher education - using online forms - I would like to be informed about each and every detail regarding the process of application. Hence, the purpose of this topic. Thank you for your humble opinion all the same.
@Vintagegey,
Re 1st question: I don’t know the word/character limit, but I would be inclined to use full sentences if possible. I think they can be terse (e.g., “Charles Darwin, because he had a ship named after my favorite breed of dog.”). I think common sense will lead you correctly. Remember that there is no right or wrong answer (although my example in the second sentence might be considered wrong), but they are trying to get a sense of who you are.
Re 2nd question: I wouldn’t waste the limited number of words on specifying which prompt you’re answering. You might want to include the prompt number in parentheses, but I think the essay will make clear which prompt it applies to. More generally, my last sentence in the first reply applies here also.
Good luck!
Thank you kindly for the help, IxnayBob!
@Vintagey, you’re welcome, and thank you for not pointing out that my example of a terse sentence above is not, in fact, a sentence :)). My English teachers are spinning in their graves.
The more meaningful advice is that you should relax and be yourself. Everyone says it, but applicants seem to think that it can’t be that simple, that somehow they must compensate for not having a Nobel prize.
For the 200 word essays, I just put the prompt number in the beginning.
- The thing that I want to talk about....