Yale Student Shares His College Application and Essays, Offering Insights into Key Factors Based on Personal Experience
Application Advice by Python C., Yale '23
These are by far the most important parts of your application. Focus your effort here, even if it feels like you’re banging your head against the wall.
The path toward college is a great, and unique, journey. With the ever changing dynamics of college applicant cohorts, and university evaluation criteria, myAppIQ’s goal is to help shed insight into the most suitable path for each individual over the course of their high school years.
College admissions officers weigh a multitude of criteria for both individual applicants and the incoming class as a whole. Today, we'll assess the activities and essays of a successful applicant to Yale, offering critiques from the perspective of the author, a current Yale student and subject of this application. Our aim is for this evaluation to offer guidance that assists you in discovering and articulating your unique path effectively for college admissions.
Before we delve into the application review, let's highlight a few key facts about this successful applicant.
Background:
Race: Asian
Gender: Male
School Type: Public
Legacy: No
Low Income: Yes
First Generation: Yes
International: No
Recruited Athlete: No