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When meeting someone for the first time, what do you want them to know about you but generally do not tell them?
Please describe something about which you are passionate. If you would like, please free to share a link to a video which best illustrates this passion. The link can be a found video, such as from YouTube, or can be an original video filmed on your own.
What is one human achievement or innovation you would like to see in your lifetime?
Please respond to one of the following prompts in 500-750 words
Describe a time in your life when you decided to go outside your comfort zone. What was the outcome of your decision? Would you have made the same decision looking back on the experience, or would you make a different decision?
Highlight an example in your life, where you have exemplified compassion (Torat Chessed) and the impact it has had on you on a personal level and/or within your community.
How has COVID impacted your self-image? What have you learned about yourself, both your strengths and areas requiring resiliency?
(This prompt is for Honors College applicants). Applicants must respond to one of the following prompts. Responses should be uploaded to the applicant’s application portal in either PDF or Word format.
In the Yeshiva University Honors program, our students celebrate their successes as well as reflect on opportunities for growth in the future. Which achievement or success are you most proud of and why? What do you hope to achieve in the future?
How have your experiences over the last few years impacted your self-image? What have you learned about yourself, both your strengths and areas requiring resiliency?
The essay demonstrates your ability to write clearly and concisely on a selected topic and helps you distinguish yourself in your own voice. What do you want the readers of your application to know about you apart from courses, grades, and test scores? Choose the option that best helps you answer that question and write an essay of no more than 650 words, using the prompt to inspire and structure your response. Remember: 650 words is your limit, not your goal. Use the full range if you need it, but don‘t feel obligated to do so.
Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?
Reflect on something that someone has done for you that has made you happy or thankful in a surprising way. How has this gratitude affected or motivated you?
Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.
Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more?
Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you‘ve already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.
