Yale 2013 Supplement Essay Questions

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<p>In anticipation of the "What were last year's essay prompts?" question asked every summer, here are the prompts on the Yale Common App supplement asked for the 2012-13 admission cycle:</p>

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<p>Why Yale?
What in particular about Yale has influenced your decision to apply? Please limit your response to the space provided. (500 characters)</p>

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<p>Short Takes: (175 characters each)
1) What would you do with a free afternoon tomorrow?
2) What is the best piece of advice you have received in the last three years?
3) If you could witness one moment in history, what would it be and why?
4) What do you wish you were better at being or doing?
5) What is something about which you have changed your mind in the last three years?</p>

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<p>Second Essay:
In this second essay, please reflect on something you would like us to know about you that we might not learn from the rest of your application—or on something that you would like to say more about. We ask that you limit your essay to fewer than 500 words. Before you begin, we encourage you to go to Advice</a> on Putting Together Your Application | Yale College Admissions, where you will find helpful advice.</p>

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<p>I just spent two hours crafting the five answers to my Short Takes. I think the questions are brilliant - easy enough that I can answer them if I were being interviewed, but so complex when only given 25 words / 175 characters to answer each! </p>

<p>I had actually written the “Second Essay” first. Thankfully I was able to use one of my Short Takes to provide the thesis statement for that, and the “Second Essay” says all I want to about it!</p>

<p>Now onto the “Why Yale?” essay, which shouldn’t be too tough because Yale is such an amazing school and there are so many things I noticed on my tour that I love!</p>