<p>It seems like nobody is. Well, I am! I think I'll rise to the challenge and attempt to use every single one of the elements in my story. Is anybody else? I'm so excited :)</p>
<p>But yes, I think we should share our joy in being improvisional comedians.</p>
<p>I've talked to a lot of people who are doing prompt 4. If I were applying this year, I would have no idea what to do with it. Have fun!</p>
<p>I did prompt 4 :)</p>
<p>i did it! it was fun. it seems many people did do 4, but not in comparison to the borges one. i think a majority of people did that one.</p>
<p>Dae! Ahh! You know, we have never discussed how TASP was. I think we should.</p>
<p>And do a lot of people really do prompt 4? Other than you guys, I haven't found ANYBODY who's doing it. All my friends think it's lame :(</p>
<p>Get new friends! :-P</p>
<p>My impression is that option 4 is what a lot of people gravitate to first-- it looks like a LOT of fun-- but that people try it and realize it's not right for them. I know a few people who have done really great option 4's (friends whose essays I have read over) and they all have their own spin to it.</p>
<p>I think option 4 is a great way to kind of showcase how you link your thoughts together. I also think a lot of applicants are really happy that they can stray from that "tell us about yourself and how wonderful you are" application mode into something that might be a little bit more comfortable for them. </p>
<p>I encourage you and all applicants to write in whatever way makes you feel most comfortable. If the admissions office was looking for a certain type of writing from you, they'd ask for it more explicitly. Take advantage of the format of the application to write your application the way you want to write your application. And only show it only to people whom you absolutely trust-- I think your friends would be better editors of your essays than your parents or your guidance counselor.</p>
<p>D had lots of fun writing 4.</p>
<p>I did 4. But I did NOT attempt to include all the elements, that is for sure. However, I think I included 5 just in case one of my references/inclusions whatever you want to call them were too vague. </p>
<p>I took a great deal of liberty adding some punctuation to the quote though. Didn't add words, just punctuation. </p>
<p>I really enjoyed writing it, though it took me like a month for the idea to "hit" me on how best to use everything. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I used it and I liked my essay a lot. It definitely clicked with me more than the other prompts.</p>
<p>I loved my response. I took me weeks to mull over and pull the pieces together, but I ended up writing the thing in one night. It's that type of essay.</p>
<p>Yes, there should definitely be some serious Telluride bondage one of these days...Good times.</p>
<p>As for Essay No. 4, I enjoyed it immensely, especially since I was able to invoke, eulogize, critique, and fundamentally insult a bunch of dead white guys who may or may not be pleased were they still living...</p>
<p>Including every element would be pretty cool/challenging; I was only able to use 3 (or 4, depending on how hard you looked) in mine, though I think what I did include worked well together. Hopefully. To conclude, Ulysses is lovely, Foucault a dunce, and we should all subvert the government, like, now.</p>
<p>Mine ended with God being abducted by a group of students at the end of Scav Hunt.</p>
<p>"#666. Find God"</p>
<p>It was, uh, definitely interesting leading up to that.</p>
<p>Haha. I really want to read some of these once all the decisions are out. =)</p>
<p>I was incredibly excited about option 4 at first... But then I thought of a different prompt (option 5), and it really represented me well. So, I actually never even had the chance to start the option 4 that was in my head. Maybe once I'm done with all of my apps I'll write it for fun!</p>
<p>I did four, the funny part was that I told myself that was the one prompt I wouldn't consider....
I think mine came out pretty good.</p>
<p>I did four. I am a bit worried that it revealed little about me, directly. If they are hoping to learn who I am through my essay, it's oblique at best. I used about 4 or 5 of the elements, integrating them seamlessly, I hope. Did you guys write about yourself? Mine was a purely fictional story, though I suppose the essay reader might try to decide if I am one of the main characters.</p>
<p>The thing with UChicago essays versus basically any other college is that they're designed to show more how you THINK. Obviously, it matters who you are, but the long essay is really how you show them how your brain works. Actually, thinking about mine in that light, they might be a bit frightened...</p>
<p>i definitely did not write about myself directly or indirectly, but i think option 4 is for people who wanna stray from the self-centered essays of the other schools. i mean, if you wanted to talk about yourself the table and borges one gives you an opportunity to go on and on about yourself, as well as the make up your own prompt option. i like option 4 cause i am tired of the "mememememe" essays i had to write for the common app and uc's.</p>
<p>I don't quite understand they're instruction to "improvise". I wrote it nonetheless and interpreted it as using a sort of stream of conciousness style of writing..</p>
<p>Alrighty. DONE! With a rough draft, at least. I managed to include every single element, too :)</p>
<p>I did prompt four. It took me 48 hours straight but I managed to use every element without contriving a situation for it. I was admitted EA and my counselor mailed me saying that they really liked my essay and found me a great fit at UofC :)</p>