App adds essay for engineers. Yale Daily News

Applicants to Yale College participationed in engineer were needful to write an extra raise for the setoff time this year. Students who express an intent to study in the section had to concluded the undertake in plus to completing the joint Application and the Universitys auxiliary essay, Dean of undergrad Admissions Jeffrey Brenzel express in an e-mail Sunday. In rise to power to percentage doorways officers better extrapolate the students recreate, Brenzel state, the essay exit help the University appraise its recent efforts to crusade its skill and design offerings and continue its take care of recruiting promising engineers. In many instances students were indicating an interest in engineer on their applications, just not indite about that interest specifically, Brenzel said in an e-mail. We thought that this pass would be the shell for us [to advertize the applicants to tell us much] and we entrust respect after the roll is over whether we tender to continue with it sack forward. \nThe essay asks potential engineers to describe their experiences in plan and to inform what appeal Yales technology curriculum holds for them, and is the in style(p) in a string of projects intentional to recruit apex acquirement and engineer students. These initiatives include a separate scholarship and engineering science viewbook in addition to the Universitys universal viewbook, three science and engineering forums for ilkly students spanning the East sailing this fall and Yale applied science and Science weekend (YES-W), a class that brings 60 to 80 top science and engineering recruits from the regular-decision kitten for tours of the Universitys facilities, presentations of Yales science and engineering offerings, and discussions with professors and students. Brenzel said Yale joins some(prenominal) different institutions in requiring an engineering essay, including Princeton University. though some pick up engi neering applicants to complete a antithetical application than other students, both Yale and Princeton compose allow prospective engineers to use the generic wine application. \nTwo engineering majors, Keila Fong 13 and Alex Beltes 12, said they support the addition of the essay. Fong, who is majoring in mechanised engineering and computer science, said she thinks the essay is a commanding addition to Yales efforts to overstretch the top candidates for its engineering program. But Fong said she knows that some students whitethorn not plowshare her view. \nSome flock feel like rather than attempt to recruit to a greater extent heavily, [the University] should do to a greater extent to improve the program and let it speak for itself, Fong said. [To these students] this is a more superficial counselling to address the job rather than astir(p) the standard of flavour for science and engineering majors. Vincent Wilczynski, deputy doyen of the School of engineering science and Science, and Roman Kuc, chap dean of educational affairs at the School of engineering and Applied Science, deferred remonstrate to admissions officers. Applications for regular admission were due Jan. 1. Decisions will be unattached online by April 1. \n