Yale College Common Application Supplement

Please go to admissions.yale.edu/faq for important information about filling out the Yale Supplement. When you have completed the Supplement, submit it with your Common Application online by the appropriate due date. (Yale will not receive your online Common Application until you have also submitted the Supplement. If you request a fee waiver, assume that the waiver has been granted unless you learn otherwise from Yale.) Select one of the two following options. Please be sure that your response matches your response to the Common Application question about choice of a decision plan.

q Regular Decision (by December ) q Restrictive Early Action (by November ) Be sure to sign below.
I wish to be considered under Yales Restrictive Early Action program. I have read and understood the terms of the program on Yales website and agree to comply with them. Early Action candidates signature
date

I Additional Personal Information

applicants legal name
last (family) rst (given) middle jr., etc.

permanent home address

U.S. Social Security number (if you have one)

Have you applied to Yale previously? If yes, for which program did you apply?

q Yes What application year? (e.g., 20102011) q No q Freshman q Transfer q Eli Whitney/Non-Degree Program q Summer Term
country language of instruction

If any part of your education prior to secondary school has taken place outside of the country in which you currently attend school, please list:
dates of attendance institution

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What major are you most likely to choose at Yale? Please enter the code number and the name of the major on the following line.

If you selected one of the engineering majors, please respond to the engineering essay prompt in Section IV of this Supplement.

II Why Yale?
What in particular about Yale has influenced your decision to apply? Please limit your response to the space provided.

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III Short Takes

Please respond in 25 words or fewer to each of the questions below. 1. What would you do with a free afternoon tomorrow?

2. Recall a compliment you received that you especially value. What was it? From whom did it come?

3. If you could witness one moment in history, what would it be and why?

4. What do you wish you were better at being or doing?

5. If you were choosing students to form a Yale class, what question would you ask here that we have not?

IV Additional Essay(s)
1. You have already told us about yourself in the Common Application, with its list of activities, Short Answer, and Personal Essay. In this required second essay, tell us something that you would like us to know about you that we might not get from the rest of your application or something that you would like a chance to say more about. Please limit your essay to fewer than 500 words. For advice on writing your essays, please go to http://admissions.yale.edu/essay. 2. If you selected one of the engineering majors, please write a brief third essay telling us what has led you to an interest in this field of study, what experiences (if any) you have had in engineering, and what it is about Yales engineering program that appeals to you.

V Additional Testing
If you did not have room in the Common Application to report all of your standardized test scores, please report additional scores and test dates here. (Please do not repeat scores you reported in the Common Application. It is not necessary to send official AP/IB score reports at this time.)
ACT:
mm / yyyy comp english math reading science writing mm / yyyy comp english math reading science writing

SAT:
mm / yyyy critical reading math writing essay mm / yyyy critical reading math writing essay

SAT Subject /AP/IB:

mm / yyyy type & subject score mm / yyyy type & subject score

mm / yyyy

type & subject

score

mm / yyyy

type & subject

score

mm / yyyy

type & subject

score

mm / yyyy

type & subject

score

mm / yyyy

type & subject

score

mm / yyyy

type & subject

score

AMC 12:
mm / yyyy score mm / yyyy score

AMC 10:
mm / yyyy score

AIME:
mm / yyyy score mm / yyyy score mm / yyyy score

Other:

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VI Supplementary Materials
Yale has a special set of instructions for filing supplementary materials, which you should read very carefully before considering a submission. If you elect to file supplementary materials in support of your application to Yale, please do not use the Common Application Arts Supplement form.

q I have read Yales instructions for submitting supplementary materials at http://admissions.yale.edu/supplementary.

Check one or more of the following if you intend to submit supplementary materials for evaluation. Materials must be submitted by the application deadline.

q art q music q science research q other (e.g. url)

describe briefly

VII Additional Family Information

Did a parent, stepparent, or grandparent attend Yale?

q No q Yes
rst name rst name rst name rst name

If yes, complete below.

relationship relationship relationship relationship

last name last name last name last name

initial initial initial initial

school school school school

class class class class

degree degree degree degree

If you have relatives who attend or have attended Yale, other than parents, stepparents, or grandparents, please list relationship to you, name, year of graduation, and degree.

VIII Additional Note about the Honesty Statement on the Common Application
The Admissions Committee may conrm information provided in your application, and may withdraw an offer of admission if you are found to have violated the terms to which you agreed when you signed the Common Application or if there are omissions or errors in your information that the Admissions Committee regards as serious or substantial. Understand that by signing the honesty statement at the end of the Common Application and submitting your application to Yale, you also are giving your consent to Yales Admissions Committee to obtain directly those documents needed to make an accurate confirmation if necessary.

q I have read and understood the Additional Note above.

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Majors at Yale
(for use in answering the Possible Major question on the Yale Supplement) 0000 0010 0492 0102 0304 0013 0205 0418 0106 0006 0207 0015 0228 0211 0082 0218 0217 0025 0031 0030 0080 0226 0023 0079 0100 0027 0029 0328 0037 0231 0084 0067 0138 0073 0022 0039 0083 0041 0137 0241 If you are undecided, indicate 0000 African American Studies African Studies American Studies Anthropology Applied Mathematics Applied Physics Archaeological Studies Architecture Art Astronomy Astronomy & Physics Biology: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology: Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biomedical Engineering Chemical Engineering Chemistry Chinese Classical Civilization Classics: Greek, Latin or Greek & Latin Cognitive Science Computer Science Computer Science & Mathematics Computer Science & Psychology Computing and the Arts East Asian Studies (China) East Asian Studies (Japan) Economics Economics & Mathematics Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Engineering Sciences English Environmental Engineering Environmental Studies Ethics, Politics, & Economics Ethnicity, Race, & Migration Film Studies French Geology & Geophysics 0142 0048 0349 0144 0145 0056 0053 0051 0154 0026 0028 0060 0160 0063 0261 0068 0066 0278 0111 0266 0167 0168 0170 0076 0205 0078 0374 0075 0376 0179 0090 0182 0385 0104 0094 0098 0391 0097 0134 Germanic Languages & Literatures German Studies Global Affairs History History of Art History of Science & Medicine Humanities International Studies Italian Japanese Judaic Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Literature Mathematics Mathematics & Philosophy Mathematics & Physics Mechanical Engineering Modern Middle East Studies Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Music Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations Philosophy Physics Physics, Applied Physics & Philosophy Political Science Portuguese Psychology Religious Studies Russian Russian & Eastern European Studies Sociology South Asian Studies Spanish Special Divisional Major Statistics Theater Studies Womens, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

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