<p>Ok, so I'm done with all my app info, essays, etc, and I just now realized, they don't ever ask you what path of study you're applying for on the application.</p>
<p>They do when you make your online profile for the overall website, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't ask for an intended path of study on the paper app either (I think)</p>
<p>The reason I ask is I've specifically structured my "why uchicago" essay towards one field of study, and then i branch off into the community.</p>
<p>IF they don't care what you plan on studying, would I be better served by rewriting that paragraph into why I admire the core and then maybe talk about a few possible fields i'm interested in?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help guys, I don't think I'm the only one with a question like this, so your help is probably appreciated many times over :D</p>
<p>If you have conveyed who you are and aspire to be, then you are being true to yourself and have done your best. Trying to guess what the university 'wants' to see is unlikely to make for a better application.</p>
<p>It's not that I want to fool them or play to their ears or anything like that, it's just that in all honesty I really do have 2 or 3 interests at UChicago.</p>
<p>I focused on one under the assumption (wrongly so), that I'd be corralled into applying directly for one subject of study. </p>
<p>I don't mind keeping the essay as it is, but like I said, that first paragraph (of 2) is very heavily concentrated on that particular field of study.</p>
<p>I think that's ok. I imagine that Chicago doesn't ask what major you're looking at because it's not part of their admissions decision, but I can't imagine that saying you're passionate about a certain field of study could ever be something held against you.</p>
<p>Just remember that Chicago does have the core, and that even if you're intent on majoring in biology with a concentration in neuroscience you're going to be taking a lot of reading and writing courses. I imagine that that balance is more or less taken care of by your math/science teacher rec and your English/history teacher rec.</p>
<p>Hmm yeah, see I'm thinking that if I focus on economics they're going to think that I'm not interested in the core, which is completely incorrect (it's a large part of why I want to go to Chicago).</p>
<p>But who knows.</p>
<p>At this point I've spent so much time on this application that I'm probably over thinking everything :D</p>
<p>We only ask you for your major after you've spent two years at the university.</p>
<p>If your essay has language like "this is why I'm applying to the Russian program..." then I'd change it. The goal of the College is to give everyone a broad liberal arts education, which is sort of in opposition to the idea that you are applying to one program or another.</p>
<p>Chicago isn't a pre-professional-oriented school. But if you're interested in engineering you could major in something similar, like Biology or Physics or something.</p>
<p>Anyways, I like how Chicago's more like a liberal arts school. Even though you can't major in engineering or business you'll definitely get a good education.</p>