Planning to apply to Yale University this fall? Here are the essay prompts you’ll need to answer to submit your Yale application.
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Yale University’s application is available on both the Common Application and the Coalition Application. Please note that the main essay prompts on the two platforms are not the same. Here are the Common Application’s 2017-2018 essay prompts and the Coalition Application’s 2017-2018 essay prompts.
Short Answer Questions
Students at Yale have plenty of time to explore their academic interests before committing to one or more major fields of study. Many students either modify their original academic direction or change their minds entirely. As of this moment, what academic areas seem to fit your interests or goals most comfortably? Please indicate up to three from the list provided.
Why do these areas appeal to you? (100 words or fewer)
What is it about Yale that has led you to apply? (125 words or fewer)
What inspires? (35 words or fewer)
Yale’s residential colleges regularly host intimate conversations with guests representing a wide range of experiences and accomplishments. What person, past or present, would you invite to speak? What question would you ask? (35 words or fewer)
You are teaching a Yale course. What is it called? (35 words or fewer)
Most first-year Yale students live in suites of four to six people. What would you contribute to the dynamic of your suite? (35 words or fewer)
Don’t overthink your answers! Be true to who you are and answer these questions honestly. This is where you can let your personality shine through!
Supplemental Essay (Common Application Only)
Please choose two of the following topics and respond to each in 250 words or fewer.
What do you most enjoy learning?
Reflect on your engagement with a community to which you belong. How do you feel you have contributed to this community?
Write on something you would like us to know about you that you have not conveyed elsewhere in your application.
Supplemental Essays (Coalition Application Only)
In 300 words or fewer, write on one of the two essay topics below.
What do you most enjoy learning?
Reflect on your engagement with a community to which you belong. How do you feel you have contributed to this community?
In addition to writing on your chosen topic, upload an audio file, video, image, or document you have created that is meaningful to you and relates to your essay. Above your essay, include a one-sentence description of what you have submitted.
Both supplemental essay requirements on the Common Application and the Coalition Application are fairly similar. As suggested in one of the prompts, it’s important for you to look at your application holistically. Here are some questions to think about:
What have you already emphasized in your personal statement?
What do your extracurricular activities say about you?
Which side of you did you show off in the Short Answer Questions?
Now, what about you is missing in the application?
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