Do you think this UChicago essay could work as a Common App essay?

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<p>I applied EA to UChicago and wrote an essay I'm rather proud of, and I believe it offers significant insight into the way I think and who I am. I want to use it on the Common App, but I don't know if it would really work. I wrote in response to this prompt: "Describe a picture and explore what it wants." Would anyone care to read it, please? I'd really appreciate it, and especially any advice on whether or not I should do this.</p>

<p>I could either put it in as my own prompt (but it would be obviously UChicago's prompt, and I don't think colleges would like that), or I could, with some tweaking, fit it in under the option about a fictional character, historical figure, or creative work that has influenced you, but it would be a stretch.</p>

<p>Or I could just write a whole new essay, but I'm happy with what I've written already.</p>

<p>I guess it's kinda weird to just put all this stuff out there and then say "Tell me what to do," having already said what I can do, but I'd really like the opinions of others on this (and just to know if this whole thing is a bad idea). I don't trust myself when it comes to college.</p>

<p>Thanks for taking the time to read this! I still have 9 schools to apply to, and I'd really like to be able to consider my Common App done.</p>

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<p>There is a "topic of your choice" selection for the Common App, which I myself chose, but there's two problems I can see with you fitting in the Chicago essay.</p>

<p>One, do you have to attach the picture to the essay? If so, that might turn out strange for a Common App prompt, and while I think it's do-able (you can upload a Word document) it might be overly deviant.</p>

<p>Second, yes, the other schools might look down on using another school's prompt. It's not a particularly special prompt, relative to Chicago's other questions, which is good - Stanford even used it a year or two ago - but I think they definitely will know it's a Chicago prompt. I can't say exactly how they'll look at it, but it's different shades of negative, nothing positive in doing that.</p>

<p>I'd be happy to take a look at it, if you want! I'll see what I can figure out.</p>