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 like you, then please share your story (650 words).

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Why do these areas appeal to you? (up to approximately 125 words).

As a child, I remember going to my Abuela’s doctor’s appointments and helping to translate what the doctor could not understand through my Abuela’s Spanish or my Mamá’s broken English. My Abuela left

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What is it about Yale that has led you to apply? (125 words or fewer)

I want to attend Yale University because I want to learn the interdisciplinary approach that Yale encourages through its flexible liberal arts curriculum and the limitless opportunities that the unive

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Yale’s extensive course offerings and vibrant conversations beyond the classroom encourage students to follow their developing intellectual interests wherever they lead. Tell us about your engagement with a topic or idea that excites you. Why are you drawn to it? (250 words or fewer)

The summer research program I was hoping to attend at Dana Farber / Harvard Cancer Center was canceled due to COVID-19, and instead, I was invited to attend a virtual lecture series that featured a di

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Please respond to one of the following prompts in 250 words or fewer. Please indicate the letter of the prompt. A. Reflect on your membership in a community. Why is your involvement important to you? How has it shaped you? You may define community however you like.

In middle school, I was invited to join Latinas En Acción, a group designed to help Latina students connect with each other and to help connect them to opportunities like visits to the local community

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How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago.

Growing up, I saw how hard it was for my grandmother to receive comprehensive medical care because, as a mentally disabled non-English speaker, she struggled to communicate with her doctors. My Abuela

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“…I [was] eager to escape backward again, to be off to invent a past for the present.” —The Rose Rabbi by Daniel Stern Present: pres·ent 1. Something that is offered, presented, or given as a gift. Let’s stick with this definition. Unusual presents, accidental presents, metaphorical presents, re-gifted presents, etc.—pick any present you have ever received and invent a past for it. —Inspired by Jennifer Qin, AB’16

The Life Story of Bean the Stuffed Bulldog 15 years ago, in an alternate universe, a stuffed bulldog puppy fell off the last conveyor belt in the stuffed animal factory and into the gentle grip of hi

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