The essay questions are up...

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>Gah.</p>

<p>Essay Option 1. How did you get caught? (Or not caught, as the case may be.)
Inspired by Kelly Kennedy, a fourth-year in the College.</p>

<p>Essay Option 2. The late-eighteenth-century popular philosopher and cultural critic George Lichtenberg wrote, "Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc. . . . at times before they're worn out and at times - and this is worst of all - before we have new ones." Write an essay about something you have outgrown, perhaps before you had a replacement - a friend, a political philosophy, a favorite author, or anything that has had an influence on you. What, if anything, has taken its place?</p>

<p>Essay Option 3. "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>Essay Option 4. From game theory to Ultimate Frisbee to the great Chicago Scavenger Hunt, we at the University of Chicago take games seriously. We bet you do, too. Even if "just a game," sport, play, and other kinds of games seem to share at the very least an insistence that we take seriously a set of rules entirely peculiar to the circumstance of the game. You might say, in order to play a game we must take it seriously. Think playfully - or play thoughtfully - about games: how they distract us or draw us into the world, create community and competition, tease us and test us with stakes both set apart from and meaningful to everyday life. Don't tell us about The Big Game; rather, tell us about players and games.</p>

<p>Essay Option 5. In the spirit of adventurous inquiry, pose a question of your own. If your prompt is original and thoughtful, then you should have little trouble writing a great essay. Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk and have fun.</p>

<p>I like numbers 1 and 2. Which ones seem most attractive to you?</p>

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<p>I only really like number one. These options are not as interesting as last years in my opinion… especially that particle accelerator one.</p>

3

<p>how many do we have to answer?</p>

4

<p>oh and do you have a link for them?</p>

5

<p>Popping it to say, wow, topics are friggin’ nice this year. 1, 2, and 4 are awesome.</p>

<p>Good luck, guys!</p>

6

<p>hey where did you find this?</p>

7

<p>oh i found it! sign up for the common ap and look at chicago’s supplement</p>

8

<p>You only have to answer one of the supplements.</p>

<p>I like numbers 1 and 2 best, but of course number 5 would be ideal if you can come up with a decent topic.</p>

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<p>Wow. Nice.</p>

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<p>Being a psychology person I like number 3. I think I can killlll that topic. I like 1 also. If I can think of something good for 5 though I’m definitely writing it</p>

<p>Where are the essays listed on the common app site? I can’t find em</p>

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<p>i registered, then added uchicago to my schools and viewed its supplement</p>

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<p>Wow. 2014 applicants hit the JACKPOT in terms of essay questions; #1 is making me die of laughter.</p>

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<p>About how long are these supposed to be and at what length will the admissions person take a bat to his/her computer?</p>

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<p>rk33: this is vague, but write what you need to to get your ideas across and show your writing style and skill. I’d say between two and six pages is a good realm; don’t be too short, especially with the UChicago-focus essay question, but too long usually drags or gets boring. While 2-6pgs is not by any means a UChicago requirement, I’d say that anywhere in that realm is likely to be a good sized essay without feeling overly long or boring.</p>

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<p>You only have to answer one of the prompt questions listed above. Mine was about 700 to 800 words.</p>

<p>Sigh… they didn’t use my essay topics >"<. So mad! But I am glad that UChicago has one of the best supplements in the world (the best, I believe).</p>

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<h1>1 is short, simple, and stellar.</h1>

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<p>I think I’ll just stare at #1 until something clicks. It’s too good a prompt to be ignored.</p>

18

<p>i know what you mean fightthetide</p>

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<p>^Advice from a '09er who applied to UChicago: </p>

<p>Read the question a million times as you have already. </p>

<p>Then browse the Internet without direction the entire day. </p>

<p>When the clock hits 2 or 3 in the morning and you’re in a dreamy state, start writing whatever is left in your brain. That way, you’re writing straight from your heart.</p>

<p>Then crash in bed and when you wake up the next morning, read what you wrote and if you like it, keep it. If you don’t, have a good night’s sleep that day, and repeat the procedure aforementioned the day after that.</p>

<p>That’s how I got my Chicago essays … :D</p>

<p>Man I really wish I went to Chicago!!!</p>

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<p>Oh WOW. These weren’t up at 9 am…S2 is going to have a BLAST!!! It will be tough picking just one.</p>