<p>For alumni of the Yale Global Scholars program, what was the focus of your answer/topics you discussed (i.e. was the essay very personal or more generic)? I'm not sure how to approach this essay so any help would be MUCH appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>
<p>i am going this year (i received deferred admission form last year, weird system right…)</p>
<p>I wrote about my opinions and stressed certain points that i felt showed who i was.
It wasn’t completely personal as I tended to lean towards the generic side with my weaknesses. However, on my strong points, i definitely went personal</p>
<p>thanks so much for your quick reply! </p>
<p>I am wondering, did you incorporate what the program would offer you? or did you just focus on your personal character and strengths? I don’t want to seem superficial or cliche by writing about wanting the opportunity to learn from brilliant professors and interact with students from all walks of life.</p>
<p>And really? deferred admission? I wasn’t even aware that adcoms can defer candidates (thought it was simply reject or admit). Does that mean you are going the summer after senior year instead of junior year?</p>
<p>I did incorporate some aspects of what the program would offer me, but I elaborated more on what my future would be and what I would do in the future in the paragraph that you are talking about.</p>
<p>But I did not go on to flatter the program talking about their “brilliant professors” and others too much.
I feel that doing that really doesn’t help as the people that are admitting you would probably think that if you have space to write flattery, you probably are not as capable as it is space consuming and unnecessary. Don’t get me wrong, I think that you can sprinkle some around throughout the essay as it feels right but, I would not expound on the area.</p>
<p>And, I’m a Sophomore right now (Rising Junior), last year the program was different and Rising Sophomores could also apply. The name is changed and the director too if you look at their program outline from last year.</p>
<p>It’s great that you’re looking in to this program! I really enjoyed it and highly recommend it!</p>
<p>I looked at this year’s guidelines for the essay: they’re not too clear, are they? Well, last year’s had a huge list of questions that we had to answer in our statement. They included: leadership experiences, interests, strengths and weaknesses, how you would contribute to the program, and how the program would help you. Now, I’m guessing you won’t have to include all of these, but addressing these slightly may help. As a freshman last year with no scores and few accomplishments, I guess my main reason of acceptance was the essay (?) (it wasn’t really good…) but I made it personal. I told some fun stories and used some humor that wasn’t really generic. </p>
<p>However, my best advice would be this: take time to structure what you’re writing. I carried an outline with me for a few days, jotted down examples to mention when they came to me, then broke these real life experiences into categories to organize my essay. I’m not sure if anything I just wrote made any sense, but I hope this helps!</p>
<p>I’m sure you will get in 
so no worries. But the Yale Global Scholars Program was truly a great experience for me. Feel free to PM me anytime. (note: after this post I think I will be able to use them. Before, I couldn’t reply, sorry 
)</p>