<p>And should you mention them (that is, the extended essays) for your essay on Q1?</p>
<p>That was the original reason for my attraction to the University, but I am not sure if it would already be a frequently cited / undistinctive reason and whether I should cite something else.</p>
<p>If that really was a reason why you were attracted to the University, you should say so. Maybe you could come up with some interesting way to phrase it that fits your personality. I think they're not necessarily looking for incredibly creative answers; just be honest. They want to know why you are applying.</p>
<p>I mentioned it in the "how I heard about Chicago" question.</p>
<p>I totally applied almost just for the essays: wrote #4 over the past 2.5 hours and had a blast with it. I actually want to go into engineering, but if the only schools that accept me are UT and UC, **** it, I'm going to UC for biology and physics.</p>
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<p>The essay questions made me go to their website at first, although I did apply for other reasons too.</p>
<p>I wrote maybe...2 sentences about them. Tied it into my conclusion.</p>
<p>but keep in mind, this was out of 1000+ words in my whole essay</p>
<p>I definitely started looking into UChicago because of the essay questions (EAer here) - kinda stumbled on the essay descriptions, started geeking out ("I love the way they think!) :-P and then explored every inch of the website . . . and i was hooked. Didn't mention it in my essay, though that sounds like a good idea.</p>
<p>The essay about the brunch with literary figures last year was what attracted me to the school. I thought any school with an essay topic like that was perfect for me, lol.</p>
<p>Yeah, I also mentioned it in the "how you heard about UChicago" area. Complete and utter random luck. Was browsing the CC forums and found a thread about memorable essay prompts people had had... and now I'm in Chicago EA. :)</p>
<p>I applied for the academics and economics, i didn't really like the essay questions.</p>
<p>I definitely first became interested in them because of the essay questions, but visiting the campus/having an interview definitely made me fall in love. I did talk about how excited I was when I discovered the Uncommon Application in my "How you heard about Chicago" essay too. I've been pretty obsessed ever since.</p>
<p>I actually heard about Chicago whilst looking through lists of Putnam competition winners and honourable mentions.</p>
<p>I wrote that they mail convincing propaganda... and I used the term propaganda</p>