<p>How important is it to have a supplemental essay for yale that is referred to NOWHERE else in your application? I’m having trouble coming up with a topic that isn’t referred to either on the activities of the common app or my attached resume or my common app essay…</p>
<p>eg. i wrote an essay about prefectship and giving but prefectship is one of my major activities; i wrote an essay about a research project i did, but it is referred to on my resume, etc etc</p>
<p>They do not mean literally something that is not mentioned in your app. Rather, they are looking more for you to write about something that shows qualities and personality that cannot be adequately communicated elsewhere.
If writing about prefectship or a research project will show something about your leadership or curiosity or whatever that cannot be demonstrated in ur other materials, then by all means write about them. The only thing that you do not want is the same general ideas repeated again…</p>