- Share a random fact that will make everyone in the room uncomfortable.
Example: My entire family was murdered in the Holocaust, or I got in off the waitlist!
- Talk politics.
Example: Israel: thoughts?
- What New York City private school did you attend, and with which celebrity’s child or broadway star did you perform in Saint Ann’s production of West Side Story Jr?
Example: Elmo’s niece and @Ellie_Rose_Actor (Little Orphan Annie in the 2022-2023 national tour of Annie).
- What happens after death? Discuss.
Example: I believe our energy seeps from the body and imbues life into the natural world, like the grandmother from Moana or toxic runoff from a nuclear power plant.
- Where and when did you get your first period? For the guys—are you scared of menstrual blood and how scared?
Example: Eighth grade and in ballet tights! Mrs. Krasnova did not let me leave the barre to change!
- Are you doing Directed Studies? If so, are you a male republican or literary queer?
Example: I did not do DS, but I do consider myself a literary queer.
- Speak about your first experience with molly or coke. No one is lying and they have also definitely lost their virginity. (Bonus points if this information is offered unsolicited!)
Example: On a park bench in Berlin with a German stripper, singing “Willkommen” from Cabaret as a duet.
- Why, in the end, do you deserve to be in the Yale College Class of 2028? Please speak about (including but not limited to): your youth climate nonprofit, 2021 appearance on the floor of the United Nations, or educational TikTok account with 50K followers. If you were valedictorian, please share your speech topic! People really want to know.
Example: Yes, I was valedictorian! I spoke about the monotony of adult life in the top 1% and making the most of one of you have. Thinking back on my application, I think it must have been my commitment to an organization providing free mentorship to unicycle-riders in sub-Saharan Africa, but you really never know!
–M. Kohn
