Yale Post-College Activities

OneFortyDotSix

I'm wondering how other applicants who've been out of school for a while have addressed this section. The prompt is as follows:

"If it has been more than three months since you attended college, describe what you have been doing in the interval. You should include graduate or professional education, paid or unpaid employment, as well as any other activities that you consider relevant. Please answer this question separately from any information provided in a résumé."

The word "describe" suggests this can take a narrative form. Which is the approach I took, providing roughly half a page of single spaced paragraphs, describing my 6 years since graduation.

My concern is, there are portions where I describe why I changed jobs/roles/industries (instead of just saying "and then I started at...x"). For the most recent career move, I cite the reason being a desire to serve the public interest by practicing law, elaborating briefly on the process, saying that I took a few months to research career paths and meet with friends who work in prosecution, advocacy, and public policy before committing all my time and resources to LSAT and law school preparation

My concern is if that last bit would be out of place on this submission? Is it providing more that what is asked? Should it instead go into the personal statement?

It is technically describing how I spent my time, but it also elaborates on my thought process. I'm just hoping the latter isn't misplaced.

akistotle

Hi @OneFortyDotSix,

While I don't have an answer to your question, here is a similar discussion that might help you:
https://7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/14194

I am tagging @goingfor99th since he already got accepted to the school!

mcglz_64

I was wondering this myself. Check out this link: https://law.yale.edu/admissions/jd-admissions/ask-asha/technical-matters

mcglz_64

Also FWIW I don't think it's misplaced. Where else would it go? I think this essay or addition to the app is just that - a place to elaborate how you spent your time that would not make sense to put in a resume.

goingfor99th

@akistotle said:
Hi @OneFortyDotSix,

While I don't have an answer to your question, here is a similar discussion that might help you:
https://7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/14194

I am tagging @goingfor99th since he already got accepted to the school!

I can help! PM me your email?

westcoastbestcoast

I formatted it like my resume.

goingfor99th

I did an actual list, structured exactly like how I used to take notes in college classes. I think the whole "list" thing is critical. They want to see what you think a list is, maybe?

goingfor99th

I just made examples if anyone is interested. PM me, though. I won't post them on the forum--too personal.

OneFortyDotSix

Thank you all for the feedback. @mcglz_64 that link is super helpful

@goingfor99th I just sent you a pm!

mcglz_64

Glad to be of assistance! @goingfor99th PMed you as well. Really truly - thank you so much!

goingfor99th

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180degrees

@goingfor99th Could I get this as well?

youbbyun

@goingfor99th can i get this too? thanks so much!