Common Application: Supplementary Essay(s) (502 words)
Yale-NUS: Essay 2
Please choose one of the following essay questions and upload your response (500 words or less):
- Describe an interesting interaction you have had with someone different than yourself. Who was this person and what was the nature of the interaction?
- Describe a time in your life when your perspective on an issue of importance was fundamentally altered. What contributed to your change of perspective?
- Why try something new? Illustrate with a personal example.
- Ask and answer your own question.
502-word (500 words in Common Application Editor) version:
Tapping on the car window was a girl of my age gazing at me with a baby on her back. Withering flowers held in her small hands were the first thing I saw when I moved to the Philippines...