<p>I'm going to apply for a major in public policy..so considering I'm going to tell chicago I'm interested in law, do you think it would be bad if I don't answer the law-related prompt?</p>
<p>Essay Option 3</p>
<p>"Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust," wrote the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail." What is "human personality?" Is it obvious what uplifts and what degrades it? Can law be justified on the basis of it? We want to hear your thoughts on justice as it relates to this "human personality."</p>
<p>I thought of my own (not law related) prompt instead.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure you should write about whatever prompt works for you. If that means making up your own, so be it. I doubt Chicago will look from your prompt to your projected major and frown about it. At all.</p>
<p>This consistency of character might make your application stand out more, making you more noticeable to admissions staff. Dare I say it would give you greater ‘human personality’?</p>
<p>However, its important to note that you can choose any prompt you like; you will succeed as long as the final product is authentic and distinct. My own essay had little to do with my major.</p>
<p>I could argue that all four of the specified essay topics are “law related”. Certainly, if you know anything about the University of Chicago Law School, the game theory question is much more directly law related than the human personality question. And the question of change, growth – that’s a biggie for law. As is getting caught.</p>
<p>It’s not which essay you answer that will help/hurt your app, but rather HOW you answer it-- pick the prompt which will allow you to write the best/most original response etc. </p>
<p>You’re applying to an undergraduate college, so your admissions counselor won’t be thinking about whether you fit into a specific major mold while reading your essay- in fact, if you want to pick an unrelated question to demonstrate a diversity of interests, that works as well.</p>