50 Yale Admission Success Stories by Yale Daily News Staff

Author:Yale Daily News Staff
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

ESSAY 1 (YALE SUPPLEMENT): PLEASE REFLECT ON SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE US TO KNOW ABOUT YOU THAT WE MIGHT NOT LEARN FROM THE REST OF YOUR APPLICATION, OR ON SOMETHING ABOUT WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY MORE.

I grew up loving superheroes. Individuals that take it upon themselves to risk their lives to help their society are definitely worth admiration. For instance, Bruce Wayne is exceptionally physically fit, a successful businessman, and has the mind of the most brilliant detective. Tony Stark is an extremely gifted engineer and entrepreneur. Peter Parker is a resourceful scientist, artist (photography is art), and family man. These are ideals I have wanted to live up to since I first watched Saturday morning cartoons. We can’t ever be exactly like them, but I want to convince the people around me that we can all be superheroes in small ways. Things as simple as a kind greeting and a helping hand can make someone else’s life a lot better.

College is like a second coming of age with a Lord of the Flies twist. The college community I want to be a part of is a group of friends that raise one another when our parents are no longer here to do it. Setting examples for one another and being heroes in each other’s lives is exactly what we’ll need if we want this to be a positive and enriching experience. I plan on being a helping hand to the people around me. In high school I’ve done that by tutoring my friends for free and participating in community service. In college I see no reason why that wouldn’t continue. My perspective is that of a community leader, one who wants people to work together to help one another past our individual shortcomings.

My chemistry teacher has been one of my favorite teachers because he never fails to teach beyond the required curriculum, including oftentimes giving us life advice. His number one item on a list of things we need to find while in college was a support group. This group would be a small group of close friends that we could count on for anything. I want the people in the environment around me to know that they can count on me when the going gets tough—that’s the person I want to be remembered as.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.