Hey, i’m trying to upload the essay to the Common App. I’m being excessively cautious, but whatever. Our essays, do they need the prompt listed in front of them? MLA Format? Anything? For mine I just start at the top of the page right into my essay, with nothing. What do you guys think?
Oh shoot. The essay about how UChicago satisfies our needs is only a paragraph or two?
Current student here. I chose to put the prompts at the top of the page to help the reader. I think it looks nicer and helps the reader begin your essay with an idea of what to expect. However, it likely doesn’t matter at all whether you put the prompt at the top or not.
You don’t need to do any formatting. I think I used 1.15 line spacing and Calibri font because that was the MS Word default. Your content is what matters.
There’s no explicit length limit for the “Why UChicago?” prompt, but most people try to keep it below a single page. Anything more is excessive, and you should be saving the lengthier stuff for you main UChicago essay anyhow.
Mine is below 1 page but it probably won’t be if I add the prompt.
I don’t think it’s that big of a deal I guess. Thanks!