<p>@ironchariot Yay!!! Yes my personality is a little off the beaten path, but that’s why I applied to UChicago as opposed to my state flagship school :)</p>
<p>I like that UChicago fanatically endorses the concept of learning for the sake of learning. I think there’s such a push for employment and earnings potential after college these days that people completely disregard and insult liberal arts subjects. I love that UChicago still regards university as a time to learn voraciously, not to pump up your future paychecks.</p>
<p>I wrote the “You and your” essay. It was serious, because I didn’t think I could write a good humorous essay. However, my Common App essay was somewhat humorous. I used two puns in the opening paragraph - hope I didn’t cause the admissions officer to audibly groan. :)</p>
<p>I juxtaposed myself to Meursault from the stranger, to add to the idea that UChicago is a good fit for me. It is a but risky but I think a proved my point.</p>
<p>For the common app essay I wrote about the spot I go to with my telescope to get away from all of the light pollution around Chicago. Neither that nor my UChicago supplements were very humorous.</p>
<p>^ they dont have to be, it gives you cookie points.</p>
<p>You all sound very deep and very literary… I’m getting nervous about my wackiness haha.
I just want to know! It’s funny how this arrives so close the holidays, I’ve been begging Santa to bring me some good news</p>
<p>@angel me too! my sister helped me write my xmas list for my family, and she wrote “uchicago” at the top 
she says if I get in, she’ll make me a cake.</p>
<p>@omar oh my. Albert Camus is a genius.</p>
<p>If there is one fictional character to which I can juxtapose myself, it would probably be Howard Roark in Fountainhead. But he doesn’t come off as too nice a person. I thought about it but then gave up. It’s not that we have exact personalities, I just found this particular character gives voice to many of my own unspoken thoughts…</p>
<p>I bet your essay is great :)</p>
<p>Does anyone want to share essays, so we can see what each others are like (and what we’re up against :P)? I’d be down with it.</p>
<p>@fire not sharing mine until i get a final decision, worried about someone stealing</p>
<p>@ironchariot, perfectly reasonable. If anyone wants to, just shoot me a PM and we can exchange essays or something.</p>
<p>I won’t share mine, even after my decision. I just feel that is a personal thing, not to be shared with strangers on the internet.</p>
<p>I think that my application is dependent upon my main U Chicago essay. It was my strongest essay, and everyone who read it loved it, so of I get in, it will be because of the essay.</p>
<p>@debater same, that and my commonapp</p>
<p>@debater I think mine’s a little different. My Commonapp essay was by far my best (in my opinion, anyway). I wrote about how I’m a serious person who always “follows the rules”, so to speak, when it comes to my academics. I like math because there’s always an answer, etc. Then I joined jazz band, and, well, that kind of messed with my attitude towards things.</p>
<p>My Supplement was on fishing with my father. I don’t think I want to share that one. It sucked a little but it had a great ending.</p>
<p>Guy, we can post our stats when we get decisions, nothing else. Essay are personal.
@fightingdaisy, it is also quite sad and thanks.</p>
<p>Do you guys think that the main U Chicago essay is the one that is most heavily looked at? My common app was good, not spectacular, and I’m worried that my far better main U Chicago essay won’t have as much weight.</p>
<p>Maybe I’m the only one who didn’t right a really personal essay! Very well, then, after decisions are out I’ll look forward to seeing your stats and all.</p>
<p>i read somewhere that all essays are weighted equally</p>
<p>Their supplements are the most weighted part of you applications. So yea, you are supposed to nailed them.</p>
<p>I know I’m super late to this conversation, but I totally geeked out in my “favorites” essay. I wrote about Kurt Vonnegut and how I love him more than life itself. The essay just flowed for me.</p>