a few questions

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<li><p>Is there any way to make the ‘why Chicago’ essay not sound completely like you’re just sucking up/spouting BS? Basically what I wrote for that one is how I love all things academic, and so I believe UChicago would be the perfect (the only!) place for me, but I don’t know if that’s what everyone writes.</p></li>
<li><p>To avoid a laundry list of ‘my favorites’, I focused on one book and then connected it to classical music. But if the book isn’t well-known and doesn’t say much about me as a person, is it better just to focus either solely on classical music or on another ‘favorite’? Or – since I’m interested in linguistics, I could talk about favorite words/languages/scripts/whatnot. That may be better . . . </p></li>
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<p>But I do feel like I nailed the long essay. All you need to know is that the prompt is about the Rubik’s Cube.</p>

<p>I’ve only taken the SAT’s once (760 V, 760 M, 690 W). I took the Bio SAT II in 9th grade and got a 710 – which is fine for 9th grade, but I feel like it will detract from the application. Last spring I took 2 AP tests (Physics B and Art History) and got a 5 and a 4, respectively.</p>

<li> The admissions board won’t see the AP scores, right? so:</li>
<li> I know they don’t require SAT II’s, but should I take a few just to bolster the app? I could probably do really well on the Physics and a few other ones.</li>
<li> Is it a problem that I’ve only taken the SAT’s once? Is it worth doing them again? I thought I should have done better than I did, but so does everyone.</li>
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<p>Thanks in advance for any input/suggestions/whatnot.</p>

<p>And for the record, esquared, I think you’re freaking hi-larious.</p>

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<p>dont worry about that favorites list too much. mine was pretty much a laundry list and i got in. i worried about that one, too. i wish they wouldnt put it in essay form.</p>

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<p>just an anectode, but the caltech head of admissions used to work for university of chicago. He said that he read a #1 essay that was:</p>

<p>Why UChicago, well my dad went here and he says I'll crash and burn. I'm out to prove him wrong. </p>

<p>Acceptance.</p>

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<p>haha, that's pretty good</p>

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<p>-_-; Let's all write one-liners now.</p>

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<p>that one is pretty amazing. I think that this particular kid would've gotten into any school that his dad attended lol.</p>

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<p>Why Chicago? Make it quirky...pick a non-tangible aspect of the school that appeals to you. Or make a sarcastic one talking about how you love Chicago weather and are willing to put up with the world-class education at Chicago just to experience the legendary Chicago winters.</p>