College-essay

In college, you will encounter others with diverse viewpoints and experiences. Describe an instance where you engaged with someone who held a different opinion and explain how it shaped your perspective on the issue. (150 words max)

Yale students live and learn alongside thousands of other brilliant minds. What do you hope your Yale suitemates will learn from you? (200 words or fewer).

Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences.

Pluto, the demoted planet. Ophiuchus, the thirteenth Zodiac. Andy Murray, the fourth to tennis's Big Three. Every grouping has something that doesn’t quite fit in. Tell us about a group and its unofficial member, why (or why not) should it be excluded?

Ah, but I was so much older then / I'm younger than that now” – Bob Dylan. In what ways do we become younger as we get older?