<p>I'm worried that my UChicago essay is not "quirky" enough. I mean, I think I took a too literal interpretation of the question. Basically (for those of you familiar with the essays), I took the question that asks you to tell the story of a road, real, imaginary, or metaphorical. Not to get to specific, I made my road a metaphor for one of my activities and my history with it. I guess the metaphorical relationships I established are creative, but I feel that by answering the question exactly as it was asked isn't enough. But then again, there aren't many roads that don't fall under the categories of real, imaginary, or metaphorical. Also, are the essays for UChicago meant to relate back to your life like mine did or demonstrate your creative imagination in written form?</p>
<p>pm it to me ill look at it</p>
<p>Actually, I'm not completely done. I just have it all outlined out and am about halfway through writing it.</p>
<p>But besides that, and to let everyone else reading the thread know: I'm sure you are all very trustworthy characters but I just don't feel comfortable putting my essay out into the online world (for both trust and personal reasons). You'll even notice that in my first post, I tried to be as vague as possible while still getting my point across. But thanks for the thought!</p>
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<p>If Chicago had an explicit idea of what they wanted you to do with your essays, they would have included them in the instructions. These questions are designed to be as open-ended as possible to allow you to draw your own conclusions and your own answers to the question.</p>
<p>Look at the questions from past years if you want-- they are equally mystifying, equally vague.</p>
<p>Your answer does not have to be quirky or weird or include flying elephants. A road could be a story about the street you grew up on, it could be a story about a picture, it could be a lot of things, and part of the fun is your deciding what it is.</p>
<p>If you feel that your Chicagbo essays do not address things you feel you'd like the admissions office to know (perhaps struggles in school, family issues, personal events that you think would make for a solid essay), you can submit that traditional essay in the Common Application segment of the application.</p>
<p>pm it over, love to help</p>
<p>i'm going even more literal than you (talking about a literal road in my school) so i think you're ok</p>