LSL Yale250 Bank
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The purpose of this thread is to have a repository for Yale250s. If you applied (regardless of decision) it would help future applicants to see the range of topics that can be covered in a 250.
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My Yale 250 (admitted Dec '17).
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Thanks for starting this off!! My 250 below (admitted Feb '18).
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Here's mine, though I've been ghosted since November, so not sure how useful it is.
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I think both of these threads are great ideas! Happy to contribute to PS bank and I'm loving reading everyone's 250s.KENYADIGG1T wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2018 2:35 pm
No problem! I'm also gonna start a PS bank later today as well.
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Applied Mid-November, haven't heard back yet:
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Admitted December '17:
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, I loved all 3 admits' 250s! Will edit in my 250 after I hear back from YLS.
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Here's mine! Not accepted, but that probably had more to do with my exceptionally low GPA than with my essay lol (Yale was always a moonshot):
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Here is mine! Accepted!
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These are absolutely beautiful! Mine was focused on research on the Indian Supreme Court, while my personal essays are much more narrative and personal. I've redacted some information as I'm hoping to eventually publish, but still thought this could be useful to show the diversity of 250 essays. There really is no one size fits all.
Feminist scholars in the 1980s such as Flavia Agnes, Rochelle Albin, and Susan Brownmiller challenged the claim that rape was an isolated crime perpetrated by mentally ill individuals who could not control their sexuality. The Indian Supreme Court also rejected the so-called ‘psychopathological model of rape’ though a series of court cases in the 1990s. Applying [framework] onto Supreme Court rape judgments published in the last five years, I argue that rather than being erased, the psychopathological model of rape has been re-incarnated [in specific linguistic ways]. [Additional information about the harms this new approach creates.]
This paper was inspired by Mrinal Satish’s doctoral study at Yale Law School, where he examined unwarranted disparities in rape sentencing in India. I hope it will deepen scholarship on the Supreme Court’s impact on rape law in contemporary India.
Feminist scholars in the 1980s such as Flavia Agnes, Rochelle Albin, and Susan Brownmiller challenged the claim that rape was an isolated crime perpetrated by mentally ill individuals who could not control their sexuality. The Indian Supreme Court also rejected the so-called ‘psychopathological model of rape’ though a series of court cases in the 1990s. Applying [framework] onto Supreme Court rape judgments published in the last five years, I argue that rather than being erased, the psychopathological model of rape has been re-incarnated [in specific linguistic ways]. [Additional information about the harms this new approach creates.]
This paper was inspired by Mrinal Satish’s doctoral study at Yale Law School, where he examined unwarranted disparities in rape sentencing in India. I hope it will deepen scholarship on the Supreme Court’s impact on rape law in contemporary India.
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Undecided on whether to post mine, but just to add to the data points: I included a graphic, and the essay was a description based off of that graphic. The essay was about bias in data analysis. I was waitlisted (and withdrew), so I'm not sure what you can get out of that. It wasn't a hard "no," I suppose.
I wouldn't recommend it unless you felt like you had something perfect to say about it. I didn't do it to "stand out" but because it was just a niche of expertise I had.
I wouldn't recommend it unless you felt like you had something perfect to say about it. I didn't do it to "stand out" but because it was just a niche of expertise I had.
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Would anyone be willing to give my Yale 250 essay a look?
Prompt: In no more than 250 words, write about an idea or issue from your academic, extracurricular, or professional work that is of particular interest to you. The idea or issue you choose does not have to be law-related; this is simply another opportunity for faculty readers to learn more about how you would engage in the Law School community.
Prompt: In no more than 250 words, write about an idea or issue from your academic, extracurricular, or professional work that is of particular interest to you. The idea or issue you choose does not have to be law-related; this is simply another opportunity for faculty readers to learn more about how you would engage in the Law School community.
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Corroborating the bolded, latest Miriam & Kristi podcast called out something similar (an applicant using their art) as potentially effective but VERY riskyTheHonorableTirefire wrote: ↑Thu May 10, 2018 1:48 pmUndecided on whether to post mine, but just to add to the data points: I included a graphic, and the essay was a description based off of that graphic. The essay was about bias in data analysis. I was waitlisted (and withdrew), so I'm not sure what you can get out of that. It wasn't a hard "no," I suppose.
I wouldn't recommend it unless you felt like you had something perfect to say about it. I didn't do it to "stand out" but because it was just a niche of expertise I had.
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you'll get more feedback if you just post it, ask for no-quote, and delete it. i doubt that yale adcoms are checking us.Classof2024Applicant wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 2:34 pmWould anyone be willing to give my Yale 250 essay a look?
Prompt: In no more than 250 words, write about an idea or issue from your academic, extracurricular, or professional work that is of particular interest to you. The idea or issue you choose does not have to be law-related; this is simply another opportunity for faculty readers to learn more about how you would engage in the Law School community.
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