Applicants submitting the Coalition Application, Common Application, or QuestBridge Application will respond to the following short answer questions:
• Students at Yale have time to explore their academic interests before committing to one or more major fields of study. Many students either modify their original academic direction or change their minds entirely. As of this moment, what academic areas seem to fit your interests or goals most comfortably? Please indicate up to three from the list provided.
• Tell us about a topic or idea that excites you and is related to one or more academic areas you selected above. Why are you drawn to it? (200 words or fewer)
• What is it about Yale that has led you to apply? (125 words or fewer)
Applicants applying with the QuestBridge Application will complete the questions above via the Yale QuestBridge Questionnaire, available on the Yale Admissions Status Portal after an application has been received.
Applicants submitting the Coalition Application or Common Application will also respond to the following short answer questions, in no more than 200 characters (approximately 35 words):
• What inspires you?
• Yale’s residential colleges regularly host conversations with guests representing a wide range of experiences and accomplishments. What person, past or present, would you invite to speak? What would you ask them to discuss?
• You are teaching a new Yale course. What is it called?
• What is something about you that is not included anywhere else in your application?
Applicants submitting the Coalition Application or Common Application will respond to one of the following prompts in 400 words or fewer.
- Yale carries out its mission “through the free exchange of ideas in an ethical, interdependent, and diverse community.” Reflect on a time when you exchanged ideas about an important issue with someone holding an opposing view. How did the experience lead you either to change your opinion or to sharpen your reasons for holding onto it?
- Reflect on a time when you have worked to enhance a community to which you feel connected. Why have these efforts been meaningful to you? You may define community however you like.
在耶鲁的提问之中，则把关注的重心更放在了学术的兴趣之上，而这也非常符合耶鲁对于学术的高标准、严要求。
尤其是在回答第一题：“描述三个你感兴趣的学术领域”时，大家一定要记住，如果你只是简单的回答了“经济、地理、人文”等等这样宽泛的方向，一定是不符合要求的。需要极其具体、并且能反映出你对该领域广博知识的命题。
第二小问，在描述这个学术领域为什么启发了你、影响了你的时候，同学们也注意一定要拿出自己的学术范儿，穿透学术领域之中的核心。
而耶鲁最难攻克的题目则无疑是35字的短问答。在写这篇文章时，我们可以利用的一个小窍门是：先写一个更长的、100到200字的版本，从中精简和浓缩你的内容。这一篇文章虽然只有35字，但它所需要体现的广度、深度和维度一定需要更大体量的内容来承担。因此，从一篇更长的文章来进行缩减，就能得到更好的写作效果。
