Yale is looking for students driven by a passion for learning; they want to see the ability to succeed within a focused field of study (i.e., the college major). Therefore, your answer to this question should convey your love for a certain field of study. Keep in mind that your answer...
The matter of simplicity, then, comes into literary style, into building, into dress, into life, individualized always by one’s personality. In each we aim at the expression of the best that is in us, not at imitation or ostentation. ...
contribute to the World Fellows program a unique perspective that will energize the campus community. I will demonstrate to Yale University through my scholarship, service, and innovation that the right question asked at the right time—like, “What does it mean to go green?”— can change ...
MariaMontessori (1870-1952) was truly a radical in terms of her philosophy regarding children and the fact that she was putting it forward at a time when children were most often thought of as extensions of their parent‚ their parents ’ beliefs and culture‚ and a creature to be shaped...
Keep in mind, however, that the essay is ultimately about you and your growth. While you should set the scene clearly, don’t spend too much time talking about the “something” and “someone.” Your story should then transition into a part about your unexpected epiphany, e.g. “Six mon...
Cindy:I love that answer. For me, it’s the urgency. I like being dropped into a true story, in the middle of the action. CNF uses the techniques of both fiction and screenwriting to quickly set the scene and conflict, but it’s the authenticity and urgency of the narrator’s voice ...
Last of the mohicans I am going to be writhing an opinion based paper about the movie, "The Last of the Mohicans".It is a translation of the james fenimore coopers book that was written a long time ago. The movie is based on a dying Indian tribe that is caught in the middle of th...
study of the near-great in human endeavors than from the great. This may, initially, strike many as odd because logic would seem to dictate that the better 1 is at something the more it has to offer the layety in terms of insights into its subject matter & its creation. Au contraire!
In Stanley Milgram's article, "The Perils of Obedience," the Yale Psychologist suggests that authority and obedience are essential in the "structure of social life" which leads into a discussion about authority, obedience, and the natural aggression of a person. Conservati... ...
Aftermathby Preti Taneja (Oct. 5, $15.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-945492-54-9). Activist and novelist Taneja recounts her time teaching fiction in prison and investigates the language and stories that surround trauma. Unbound First Light: A Celebration of Alan Garner, edi...