Application Update 2023-2024

Application Update 2023-2024

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At the start of the 2023-2024 admissions cycle, Jackie joins Hannah and Mark for the second annual preview of the new and updated questions that will be on Yale’s first-year application. The admissions officers discuss the annual process of reviewing and revising the Yale-specific questions and the staff’s thinking behind each one. This episode is an update to Episode 6: Essays: The Little Stuff, originally released in summer 2020.

Life is Beautiful Because We Have the Lord

Life is Beautiful Because We Have the Lord

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In this episode Erlinda Cu reads her story of being diagnosed with lung cancer and given only a few months to live. Erlinda went on to be one of the first patients to receive an experimental treatment that has helped her live not only a few months more but in fact more than a decade more of life. Erlinda writes about her journey through cancer care and the faith that has helped her through it all.

Hope on the Hardest Days

Hope on the Hardest Days

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In this episode, Ricki Fairley reads Alyson Tischler’s story at the previously aired book reading, Spirituality through our Struggle. Alyson was a bright light full of joy no matter what was thrown at her. Alyson wrote of her Jewish faith, her family, and her strong commitment to advocate for other patients.

COMMUNITY: Duty & Disobedience

COMMUNITY: Duty & Disobedience

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Higher education can have a profound impact on how students resist unjust actions. The episode investigates the intersection of education and civil disobedience, highlighting Thoreau’s emphasis on individual self-reliance and Gandhi’s focus on collective resistance. Student interviews reveal how higher education communities bring students together and influence collective action. Dean Pericles Lewis is joined by Yale students EJ Jarvis ’23 and Charlotte Berney ’25.

COMMUNITY: Roles & Responsibility

COMMUNITY: Roles & Responsibility

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What is the role of community in college education? In this episode, Yale students discuss their engagement in the Yale community and how it has influenced their education and personal growth. The episode also explores the perspectives of philosophers like John Dewey, Plato, and concepts from the Bhagavad Gita, emphasizing the importance of duty, discipline, and action within a community. Dean Pericles Lewis is joined by Yale students EJ Jarvis ’23 and Charlotte Berney ’25.

Becoming an Advocate

Becoming an Advocate

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In this episode, you will hear how Jayanti Mukherjee navigated the rollercoaster ride of diagnoses and treatments that she underwent. With love and gratitude for her physicians and family, Jayanti shares how she became an advocate for herself through her cancer journey and now in remission she hopes to advocate for others.

Maternal Mortality

Maternal Mortality

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In this episode, we discuss the leading causes of maternal mortality in the US and our state of CT. We discuss available resources at the national (https://saferbirth.org/patient-safety-bundles/) and local level (https://www.accessmhct.com) to help us flatten the curve of the rising maternal mortality in the US. Here you can find the links to the articles mentioned during this recording. https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternal-mortality/erase-mm/data-mmrc.html
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DPH/Maternal-Mortality/CT-MMR-Evaluation-Report-2015-2017-FINAL-PRINT.pdf
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26996986/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304395908003990
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28930940/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33079866/
https://www.mcpapformoms.org

Journey from Darkness into Light

Journey from Darkness into Light

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In this episode, Jayanti Mukherjee reads her story of being diagnosed with terminal cancer only to find out about a year later that what was thought to be cancer spreading throughout her body was in fact something else entirely, something treatable and benign. Jayanti describes the strength and hope that her Hindu faith gave her throughout the rollercoaster of treatments and healing.