<p>PHEW!
I just sent my application 10 mintues ago, and I stressed too much over it for the past month that I am indifferent to it now :P.. but yea, I have to make this thread to make everything worthwhile..</p>
<p>How did e1's application go?</p>
<p>I sure know that my essay- the "borges y yo" prompt- hit the right notes and came out to be a killer :-|</p>
<p>well, heck, I am pasting my conclusion ;-)... my AP lang teacher loved it.</p>
<p>I am me now, running away from my unsophisticated counterpart, but alas, I see myself as a reflection of him sometimes. I am still na</p>
<p>i'd like to read your entire essay.
i'm only a high school junior, so i guess i'm somebody that /could/ copy an essay, but if you trust people on CC, would you pm it to me?</p>
<p>lol philosophy. (sorry, I'm not laughing at you or anything, I actually really like your ending, but I'm taking a philosophy class right now and it's completely slaughtering my mind)</p>
<p>PM me your essay and I'll PM you mine? (I'm applying to UChicago too, sent mine in like 4 hours ago)</p>
<p>yes, i am glad this is over. the whole process wasnt that stressful but staying up till 3am waiting for my creativity to blossom was kind of annoying, especially when i was falling asleep the next day in class. your essay sounds decent. my ap lang teacher was having orgasms too reading mine, and my current ap english teacher was kind of a jerk about reading them... actually i didnt even let her read my essays becuase i didnt want to be stressed out with her bad attitude... and she didnt understand that chicago wants seemingly off the wall essays.</p>
<p>lol, i knw UChicago wants off the wall essays, but get this, I didnt put much emphasis on essays because thats not my hook.. I am a ranked tennis player w/ decently corresponding stats, but still..</p>
<p>lol and yes arapollo, i def. know wut u mean by staying till 3a.m. I did the same; I wrote this essay in less than 2 hours... it was past midnight.. and I was playing around with the improv. prompt.. and then it all came to me! and I just got on WOrd and let my fingers do the work, I swear, It was crazy.. When i was done, i was just staring at it, like ***, wut did i just do :-|</p>
<p>lol.. yes, i'll PM ppl who wants it.. idk about you MBP :P</p>
<p>I hope it works out for you physicsphun1 my admissions counselor really stressed writing amazing/concise essays, and that they (the counselors) didn't care so much about e curriculars but they care about 1. transcript 2. essays 3. recom 4. ecs 5. act/sat. so good luck maybe we will be dorm mates one day haha.</p>
<p>haha, of course brother, I wish the same for you.. again, University of Chicago, although my primary choice, isnt my only one..
I'm also looking at carnegie mellon, columbia, and MIT..</p>
<p>I am actually conversig with MIT's tennis coach.. and Chicago's likewise,but its different with Chicago, since it is DIII =(</p>
<p>as for dorm mates hahahaha.. if that ever happen, dude, i'll drive u crazy lol.. i'm just too playful for my own good; and yea, that reminds me, I FEEL SORRY FOR MY FUTURE DORM MATE WHEREEVER I GO :-|</p>
<p>I finally finished my UChicago application too! Well, it is a relief, and I dearly hope that I get accepted -- but it is a waiting game now, a passive role that I am sure I will come to hate.</p>
<p>Thank God it's over. (I also submitted mine today)
I also did Borges y yo one, and my English teacher also loved it :)
I took a completely different approach compared to yours,
but I like your idea of "indecisiveness of ideas."
See all you guys at Chicago!</p>
<p>yes CNI lol, but I've been talkin to MIT's coach for a longer time nd there is something about MIT's athletics which Chicago lacks; although Chicago has a great history with football :-| </p>
<p>yes tomahawk. thanks, i'm glad you liked my idea of "indecisiveness of ideas." Would you care to PM your essay? I'll PM u mine if u wish. </p>
<p>CNI: I chose topic 4.. and worked on it for a day or two... then all of a sudden, i was like, fudge, i cant do this crap.... ding ding ding.. went on to write prompt 3 lol...
i actually almost did prompt 5.. where i made up my own prompt..
it was to describe your life as a pendulum; how it shifts between joy and sorrow, hope and despair, and such. How high would you want "your bob" to rise? What mass would you prefer? Would you befriend the centripital force sucking on you from and to the center? lol.. its symbolic, but yea, i didnt feel like doing it.</p>
<p>High Fives all around!
I actually worked in some philosophy that I have been musing about for a while into my essay (I also did #3), although I didn't go too deep into it, as I wanted to be able to describe the topic a little better rather than going on a rant about sophilism. I just really want to go to Chicago, and a friend of mine who also applied EA were talking about how awesome it would be for both of us to get in and go there.goo</p>
<p>So glad that's done. My main essay was pretty cool. I did prompt four and it was a murder mystery, regarding a dead body found in a Chicago dorm. That might sound dark, but it's not. Finally, the kid "Sebastian Phun", whose name isn't revealed to the very end, is found to have died of working too hard. I thought it was clever at least.</p>
<p>I also sent a CD called Rockonomics. Rock songs about economics. Where else but Chicago would an economics rock band be cool?</p>
<p>Wow, I'm freaking out. I just realized there was a minor typo in my main essay. I've read it a thousand times, had 3 teachers read it, and didn't realize it until I had already submitted it. I hope this doesn't screw me over. Anyone know if I should contact someone or just let it be?</p>
<p>I chose Option 5, by the way. My prompt was "Grab a coin. Tell me where it's been."</p>
<p>wow, it seems like a lot of us here did #3 ;-).. yea, i tried not to make it too philosophical; it would just intend the unintended.. i just told them about myself, and differentiated between my new one and my old one.. then got the fook out.. nothing to it.. i think my essay was good.. idk.. =(..</p>
<p>@whoaohh... nope, it shouldnt screw you over.. i guarantee it wouldnt.. dont wrry about it.. i'm sure I have multiple grammatical errors.. although my teacher assured me there arent.. but I feel it.. lol.. yea, i feel it..</p>
<p>I am actually going to chicago next week!~ my cousin works and lives downtown and isnt too far from hyde park ;-)</p>
<p>I sent my app in a while ago... so-so feeling about it... my stats are good, my essays were alright, I guess... <em>shudders</em> I hate waiting.</p>