Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you've already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.

“It doesn’t take long, darling, for you to be desensitized to this kind of thing,” Edith told me, eyes glued to the ceiling. I laughed politely, my gloved hands releasing the buttons of her undergarme

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If other relatives attended Yale, please list name, Yale school, year, degree and relationship to you.

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Why Yale

I value the diverse facets of my identity – scientist, singer, art-lover, improv-er, Jew, and community servant – and the various communities that sustain my interests. Among all the schools I’ve visi

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Essays

When I work with dementia patients as a nurse aide, I encounter the manifestations of Alzheimer’s firsthand: I’ve been mistaken by a man as his deceased wife and pretended to be a resident’s daughter

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Chosen essay

Prompt B I am a Teen Leader in an auditioned teen group at Planned Parenthood called TACT, which stands for TeenAge Communication Theater. Over the summer, we hear from speakers who teach us about s

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Additional Personal Information

Growing up, I used to dread Jewish holidays. All that Rosh Hashanah meant to me was dressing up in uncomfortable clothing, sitting up straight in synagogue for two hours, and reciting prayers in a lan

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Significant Activity or Work

Most of the time I'm a normal teenage girl but, on Monday and Wednesday nights, I'm just about everything *besides* that. I'm a salad spinner, an asparagus salesman, a toddler desperately trying to st

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