<p>Wading through my pile of college supplements has made me tired and sick of reading dull prompts - the same question, in essence, with a wording change here and insert college name there.</p>
<p>Yet some schools has left me somewhat optimistic about the future of college's creativity.</p>
<p>Which schools, do you think, have the best essay prompts?</p>
<p>I must cast my vote for UChicago, for its prompt: "How did you get caught?"</p>
<p>lol. only a natural ccer would post this. hmm i think NYU’s supplements are quite interesting. “write a movie about something…of your life”</p>
<p>I was going to say Chicago’s caught essay as well.</p>
<p>what do people write about for chicago types of prompts? seriously…i have no idea what i would talk about, lol.</p>
<p>I heard about that NYU one!! It was something like, if there was a movie on your life in 30 years or so, what would it be called. I have no clue what I would put for that…</p>
<p>I really like the UChi caught prompt. I’ll probably write it tomorrow and I like my idea a lot so I’m very excited.</p>
<p>I rather like the p.217 idea. I think it’s UPenn?</p>
<p>I agree about the UChicago caught one. I wrote about my Physics teacher catching me talking, only to find out that she thought I was my best friend, who sat behind me. </p>
<p>Not that I didn’t talk. But I didn’t talk as much. </p>
<p>I think that’s about it. None of the others really stick out.</p>
<p>I wrote about a family member’s mental illness and how it has affected me, how I was caught by feelings of confusion, etc.</p>
<p>That essay got me accepted.</p>
<p>@TheyCallMeCC
I wrote about what drew me to physics (and therefore, of course, wrote my common app essay on vegetables) and got in.</p>
<p>But I don’t think I really liked that essay - UPenn’s p. 217 and Chicago’s equation essay were nicer, IMO :D. I think I probably would’ve tried to sound offended that they mistook me for an equation and then tell a joke about e^x.</p>