<p>I really want to get started on my application soon and work on my essays as soon as possible so I was wondering if anyone knew when the essay questions would be released?</p>
<p>The essay questions will likely be announced in July, and the application will be ready through Common App in early August. So, no need to worry about working on this now.</p>
<p>if you elected to receive email from colleges via the SAT/ACT, you should have gotten an email today with the 6 questions. I really like the last one, it’s about Waldo haha</p>
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<li>A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. Oscar Wilde.</li>
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<p>Othello and Iago. Dorothy and the Wicked Witch. Autobots and Decepticons. History and art are full of heroes and their enemies. Tell us about the relationship between you and your arch-nemesis (either real or imagined).</p>
<p>Inspired by Martin Krzywy, admitted student Class of 2016.</p>
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<li>Heisenberg claims that you cannot know both the position and momentum of an electron with total certainty. Choose two other concepts that cannot be known simultaneously and discuss the implications. (Do not consider yourself limited to the field of Physics).</li>
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<p>Inspired by Doran Bennett, AB07.</p>
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<li>Susan Sontag, AB51, wrote that Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech. Write about an issue or a situation when you remained silent, and explain how silence may speak in ways that you did or did not intend. The Aesthetics of Silence, 1967.</li>
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<p>Anonymous submission.</p>
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<li>…I [was] eager to escape backward again, to be off to invent a past for the present." The Rose Rabbi by Daniel Stern</li>
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<p>Present: pres·ent</p>
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<li>Something that is offered, presented, or given as a gift.</li>
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<p>Lets stick with this definition. Unusual presents, accidental presents, metaphorical presents, re-gifted presents, etc. pick any present you have ever received and invent a past for it.</p>
<p>Inspired by Jennifer Qin, AB16</p>
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<li><p>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></li>
<li><p>So where is Waldo, really?</p></li>
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<p>Inspired by Robin Ye, AB16.</p>
<p>How many of the essays do we have to do? 2? Also, what is the word limit?</p>
<p>You only have to do one and I THINK (not 100% sure) that the limit is 500 words.</p>
<p>It is only necessary to respond to one prompt (we discourage submitting answers for multiple prompts-- we’d rather have one very well considered and edited essay than multiple essays without such careful thought!) We suggest you keep your essay at around 500 works; be kind to us when going a bit over or under. 510 words is fine, we’re not counting-- but 800 words is not appropriate.</p>
<p>I love how there’s a UChicago rep…</p>
<p>Kinda cool o.o</p>