<p>Can anyone tell me how to write on this :
Imagine it is the eve of your graduation from Lafayette and you are reading what the yearbook says about the impact you have had on the college during your four years as a student. What might the yearbook say?</p>
<p>Email me at : <a href="mailto:smanjulbhusal@yahoo.com">smanjulbhusal@yahoo.com</a></p>
<p>manjul: that’s basically what are you going to do? what extracurricular, what community service, etc</p>
<p>manarius:</p>
<p>I know that these topics are very fun and interesting, but how well can you write an essay that involves so many random and seemingly unrelated details?</p>
<p>Man, if I hit that essay question on a school I was applying to I’d crumple the application up and throw it right into the trash.</p>
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<p>Very well, actually. These types of essays are usually my best ones. The reason for that is that I think in that odd sort of way. My mind already connects seemingly unrelated things, and this just allows me to showcase my creativity and my sense of humor. Plus it allows me to have some fun with it, which would make me want to work harder on it, resulting in a better essay.</p>
<p>I absolutely hate the generic, cookie cutter essay prompts like, “Tell us what makes you special”.</p>
<p>Many people might not like these types of essay questions, but for me, they’re the best kind.</p>
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<p>now THAT is funny. (as Hopper said in Bug’s Life when looking at the circus show ; YT clips not allowed in CC 
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<p>The current UC prompt is a great one, too:</p>
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<p>hotpotato, what was the full prompt for UNC?</p>
<p>I like bennington’s frog prompt since it would be fact based and shows the importance of being to communicate scientific information in a clear manner - just as important as the ‘creative’ ones. Even tho fact based, one can also handle this as a ‘thought experiment’ (what’s the german word?) *ala *Einstein meaning that your apparatus might not NEED to be a tool that currently exists.</p>
<p>this stuff is giddy, or it makes me feel giddy!! Now giddy up , students , and finish your essays!</p>
<p>I **gots **to know - aliens, robots, or dinosaurs? :)</p>
<p>UChicago is weird.</p>
<p>My daughter did U Chicago’s a few years back, the question was about what in the world people do with the giant jars of mustard and cans of beans at Costco. She was able to make a really great essay from that, as it just got her thinking outside the box. It was very personal and showed a lot of sides to her, her ambition, her special EC, her work ethic, her ability to interact with people, her mathematical mind, her process of learning. She modified it to use at all her others schools. The Chi admissions officer told her GC they really enjoyed it.</p>
<p>So don’t hesitate to use these prompts as practice essays, you might get something really good and usable out of it.</p>
<p>the beauty of these questions is that there is no right answers… but they are many wrong ones… </p>
<p>Creativity is definitely making a comeback</p>
<p>I have to say, I haven’t ever met a UChicago student who didn’t love the essay prompts, or didn’t prefer them to “normal prompts.”</p>
<p>UChicago’s mail-outs this year are equally off-the-wall.</p>
<p>Totally agree. Or Wake Forest’s: What Jeopardy category would ensure your victory?</p>
<p>U Chicago essay prompts are definitely the most creative.</p>
<p>@gadad</p>
<p>Please elaborate. I’m interested in what the mailings are like.</p>
<p>Is anyone willing to read my essay for UChicago or for Yale?
Especially anyone admitted or attending.</p>
<p>Could anyone give me a hint regarding questions like" Who would you dine with if you could choose between X and X?"
I mean i would definately choose the one i like better or more interested in, but what’s the school’s point? What does it want to know from my choice and how “dining” matters? </p>
<p>We can talk through email if you want, that’s <a href="mailto:icymariah@yahoo.com.cn">icymariah@yahoo.com.cn</a></p>
<p>The “find X” question is answered: “it’s in the question, 5th letter”.</p>
<p>^Totally
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<p>One from Univeristy of Chicago</p>
<p>“Find x”</p>
<p>U of C gets such a kick out of themselves. They ARE witty, but it annoys me that I can tell they THINK they are witty. You know what I mean?</p>
<p>Hipsters.</p>