<p>All you people who applied early to Yale...how many of you did the optional essay in the Common App supplement? Does it make a difference if you do it or not? Let me know what you all did.</p>
<p>yes...u MUST do</p>
<p>I did it. I think it's definitely worth doing if you can come up with a good essay to write. And you can, you're applying to yale, so you are probably smart and creative. You can write about anything.</p>
<p>i did it, and it showed a completely different side of me. It was actually my best essay I think.</p>
<p>My D did the optional essay. It was important because she wishes to double major in two very different areas and needed to demonstrate why.</p>