<p>Yeesh, a six word essay. I kind of wish I had the gall to pull something like that. Then again, perhaps it’s best I don’t. </p>
<p>I chose the Antonio Machado prompt, and I really enjoyed writing my essay. It was ~400 words. </p>
<p>Best of luck to everyone! Only a few more weeks.</p>
<p>Don’t write about reverse psychology. Didn’t anyone else pick that one?</p>
<p>I thought up an elaborate essay for the prompt before I realized that I could express my critical thinking much better in an alternative way. The imaginative nature of the prompts does warrant atypical responses.</p>
<p>As OxalisWombo said, if someone does this kind of things for the sake of pulling a stunt, he will fail spectacularly. But if he knows for sure what he is doing, take a risk. After all it is what’s so distinctive about UChicago.</p>
<p>I’m inclined to agree with OxalisWombo-this sounds like a gimmick that has been done before and failed. Unless you are Hemingway and can write something to the same effect of “For sale, baby shoes, never worn” I fear the quality of this essay.
Nevertheless, good luck to all of you, and hope to see you all next year.</p>
<p>Playdoh to Plato. I used math :)</p>
<p>Mostly from looking at some of the other threads, it seems like a LOT of people chose between living and dreaming, which is making me feel unoriginal.
So, I guess I’m just curious, did people -for any topic- do something other than a straight essay? I was more creative, I wrote 3 little glimpses into stories, but it seems like no one else (save the 6 word person) did anything unusual, so now I’m worried…</p>
<p>I chose to write on the living and dreaming prompt as well. My approach was to make it like a thought experiment: sitting on a train that is going back to Flagstaff (internship) after the 4th of July and considering living and dreaming. I tried to weave in the message while continuing the narrative. Hopefully that’s original (at least some what). But ya, seems like most wrote on that same prompt.</p>
<p>As of right now, I am the only person on College Confidential that has done the “unscientific method” prompt…</p>
<p>I did the don’t talk about reverse psychology one. I think that one was risky, and chicagos a reach for me, so I just went for it.</p>
<p>for living and dreaming, i wrote an argumentative essay</p>
<p>I did “don’t write about reverse psychology” and wrote about pretzels. I actually got the inspiration for the essay on the plane home from my visit to Chicago after agonizing over trying to think of an idea for weeks.</p>
<p>The “make your own prompt” prompt. :D</p>
<p>The make your own question prompt. I really enjoyed writing it.</p>
<p>I’m really curious as to whether nor not xxxamazexxx was admitted or not. With a 6-word essay, my guess is that he/she was not.</p>
<p>Funnily, I considered shooting him/her a PM earlier this morning asking that very question but didn’t find it appropriate. Needless to say I’m very curious. xxxamazexxx did show up in the pledge thread, but hasn’t yet fulfilled that pledge, leading me to think it was a deferral/rejection. I’d love to be proven wrong, however.</p>
<p>I wrote about living and dreaming.</p>
<p>Non scientific method.</p>
<p>I did the PlayDoh-Plato one. I wrote it as if I as having a conversation with someone and reading it, it actually sounds like me talking(odd jokes and all). I actually referred to Plato as “that Greek or maybe roman guy” and Play-Doh as “a healthy snack” :P</p>