Yale Supplement Essay: Swimming
I thought there was something wrong with me when I realized that I was a terrible swimmer. Swimming never came naturally to me and I…
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Yale Supplement Essay: Travel
I’ve always loved words, but conventional was never among them. Growing up, I turned on the TV only for the Oscars and the Olympics, instead…
Yale Supplement Essay: Introversion
I was born an introvert. From the moment I learned to walk, I sought out the most obscure hiding spots in the house to read…
Yale Supplement Essay: Theater
How can the post-apocalyptic, Simpsons-obsessed world of Anne Washburn’s Mr. Burns be appropriately expressed in a theater that seats a hundred? How can the set…
Yale Common App Essay: Indian American Identity
Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds…
Yale Common App Essay: Musical Theater
Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds…
Yale Common App Essay: Failure
The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect…
Yale Common App Essay: Beauty
Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again? Beauty is…
Yale Common App Essay: Musical Identity
Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds…