<p>For "What would you do with a free afternoon" and "What makes you feel physically and mentally renewed, other than a good night's rest"
Are these suppose to be non-academic. Something like playing basketball, ect. or are these suppose to be intellectual? Is Yale just trying to get a sense of who you are and there are no right or wrong answers?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help</p>
<p>Watching Discovery Channel or History Channel while memorizing my thesaurus and/or surfing Wikipedia to gain new knowledge :)</p>
<p>Nah, just kidding. These aren't any trick questions and there are very few "wrong" answers. You should write about what really makes you feel renewed, academic or not. Basketball would be fine.</p>
<p>I think the only wrong answer to those are "daydreaming about how wonderful it would be to go to Harvard."</p>
<p>hehehhe rather than say what i would do with a free afternoon, I basically said what I did with my free afternoons.</p>
<p>Which is walk my dog through the paths in the woods and... talk to myself. audibly.</p>
<p>as well as sing show tunes... :(</p>
<p>The Informational session guy said to be honest... They don't want to hear stuff like "I like to analyze debates on CNN while listening to Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture"</p>
<p>ooooh Tchaikovsky <em>droolzzz</em></p>
<p>lol but I really do search wikipedia endlessly to gain knowledge!!</p>
<p>j/k. but I put that I would like to learn something new, whether it's by reading Plato from my classics collection or meeting new people. i really do love to learn (corny, I know).</p>
<p>i said something along the lines of breaking personal limitations
and READING. and eating. yes, i believe i included that.</p>
<p>Free afternoon - movie marathon
Renewed - laughing with friends</p>
<p>free time - reading mystery novels and Wired magazine XD
renewed - meditating (cliche, I know, but I've been doing this since I was five for religious reasons; I even included the mantra I use)</p>
<p>I listed all the things I would do with a free afternoon if time granted it.
My renewed list was just a continuation of that, now that I think about it. :)</p>
<p>i think my answers were way too serious. maybe yale will think i'm a phony, but seriously... i'd rather read with eat FOOD (at the same time).</p>
<p>free afternoon- "I would enjoy a nice outing into New York City with a group of friends"</p>
<p>renewed- "A nice run around town does the job for me"</p>
<p>For those who haven't answered this yet, this is an opportunity for denerdification of your application.</p>
<p>^^hahahahaha! D1 defnitely used part of an essay to talk about her normal teenager life. The part where she doesn't cure cancer.</p>
<p>Free afternoon - Fishing, drawing, writing</p>
<p>Renewed - Seeing abandoned buildings/places to explore, especially the ocean.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how important the short answer section actually is?</p>
<p>Free Afternoon: Family time, karaoke, read magazines
Renewed: Dancing</p>
<p>free afternoon: what i usually do (the answer was creative i thought)
renewed: gatorade (no joke)</p>
<p>Free afternoon: people watching in the city with a cup of hot chocolate
Renewed: shopping! haha black friday shopping anyone?</p>
<p>Ah I think I was way too serious about the second one at least. I talked about how I always feel renewed when I read great literature (which is absolutely true; I spent my last trip to Hawaii reading William Faulkner and James Joyce). I hope they don't think I was BSing it.</p>