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Write about something that communicates something meaningful about who you are. It can be about anything, but I think that if you handed it, with a bunch of other 250 word essays, to several of your friends that they should be able to identify yours and say that on the basis of reading just that, they would know something "real" about who you are.

As for topics, you might look at the essay as a way to balance out your application package. If the rest of your materials tip heavily in showing you as a hard core academic type and you feel that your "lighter side" is missing, you might try to develop an essay that showcases that. Likewise, if you feel that your application doesn't have enough theoretical "punch," you might go for more of a "thought piece."

The object of any application, but especially Yale's: allow the reader to envision you in on of the seats in class contributing in a way that is not just a carbon copy of everyone else. Let them know that not only will you take advantage of the opportunities you will be given, but that you can give something back in return.

dont mind posting mine. I'm semi-happy with it.

My thought was that a random musing that shows you think about the world around you was a good way to go. Also, you'll have very little room to introduce your topic, so it has to be about something relatively simple or universal. (Note: I know some of my syntax is a little strange. It was designed (perhaps poorly) to satisfy the word limit.)

Both tourists and native New Yorkers often wonder why local taxi drivers accelerate aggressively towards red traffic lights, only to slam on the brakes at crosswalks. Why do they do this when faced with reduced fuel economy and increased vehicle wear? The answer