<p>on part V. of yale's common app supplement, are we supposed to write about the same significant activity as we did on the common app short-answer section, or can we write about another different activity?</p>
<p>i'd appreciate it if anyone could help me out with this... thanks!</p>
<p>You can do either. They mention it somewhere on the website.</p>
<p>Yup, the answer is right here at the bottom of the page:</p>
<p>the common app short answer is insignificant. I did not do mines</p>
<p>Ignore Zuperdominican. The short awnser is very important.</p>
<p>While the longer essays are of course a much more major part, the short awnser can play an important role. Longer essays are often editted so much that they don't really reflect the talents of the applicant. However, the shorter essays can often illuminate the applicant's true writing abilities. While you don't have to put as much effort into the short awnser, give it the attention that it needs to be part of a Yale application.</p>
<p>no, he's right, it really means very little. These are the words of an adcom.</p>
<p>Ok this is a really dumb question, but what did you guys put for the "How did you become interested in Yale?" question. I never took a tour but I did a lot of research online- is this a crummy answer?</p>
<p>I said I talked to a friend. I don't think it matters very much.</p>
<p>I didn't do my short answer supplemental question either- I just wrote "see Supplemental essay". Didn't seem to make a difference in the end.</p>
<p>Whoa seriously? I was gonna BS something for the common app one, but I guess not. This sure lightens a (small) weight off of my shoulders.</p>
<p>I didn't do the CA short answer and I was accepted. I just wrote "Please see attached essay." Xuperdominican is right. It's insignificant.</p>
<p>Sorry Xuperdominican. I thought you were talking about other short essays.</p>
<p>In hindsight, I probably should not have answered the short answer. It was much less cohesive and well-written than the large essay.</p>
<p>However, the website <a href="http://www.yale.edu/admit/freshmen/application/essays.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.yale.edu/admit/freshmen/application/essays.html</a> does not seem to suggest that you can skip the small essay, but rather that you can talk about different activities.</p>
<p>I gave each a lot of attention, and yes, I wrote about different activities in my short answer and second essay. Even if other people say it "doesn't count for much," it's Yale. Everything counts, and you should look at these two seemingly insignificant short answers as things that can either count for you or against you. We're in Regular Decision now, with many more applicants. Don't drop the ball because you don't feel like giving a little more thought to your application.</p>
<p>do you think it's a problem if the essay is more around 700 words rather than 500 like it states? heh</p>
<p>Admissions officers will probably be irritated that they have to read extra writing, so unless you are confident that your essay is so amazing that they won't mind the additional 200 words, it would be a good idea to follow their instructions and cut it down.</p>
<p>200 words really isn't a lot (like a paragraph, right?), so I wouldn't worry about it. As long as you aren't attaching any supplementary page.</p>
<p>Yea, it's a paragraph. I deleted the paragraph and it takes me down to 500 or so, lol. The thing is the essay can work without it but it's MUCH better with it because it provides background. I really do want to keep it included. So you think no prob?</p>
<p>maybe try rewriting it...</p>