<p>I don't know about anyone else, but Carleton's supplement was the one college application I actually have fun filling out. The short answer questions were short enough so answering them wasn't as tedious as writing a separate essay. And I guess I feel relaxed enough with Carleton that I'm not worried about slipping in a couple of wisecracks :)</p>
<p>So, if you enjoyed the application - which is your favorite question or which answer did you like best? I'm not sure about my favorite question, but my favorite answer was the one I used for the why Carleton question.</p>
<p>I liked the question about influential books. I submitted in October, so I can’t remember the exact question. I always feel like the books I read say a lot about who I am.</p>
<p>Haha, that was probably not my best response looking back. I haven’t read for enjoyment much recently so I referenced an author I really loved in middle school. Sadly, I spelled her first name wrong and didn’t catch it until after I had already submitted. My only saving grace might be that I admitted to not being able tor recall all of the details from the books. But yeah, that was pretty embarrassing :p</p>
<p>Which book(s) did you choose, if you don’t mind my asking?</p>
<p>The book one was my favorite too, but on the whole I didn’t particularly enjoy it. The questions were all short enough to not be too obnoxious, but they were also pretty generic and didn’t allow for a whole lot of creativity.</p>
<p>My book was One Hundred Years of Solitude by the way.</p>
<p>I actually pretty much loved all of them - but the book one was the hardest for me because I knew what I liked about it but was having a hard time articulating it. Why Carleton took me forever to pare down because it was pretty long. The influential teacher one was fun to write, and the “what do you want to be” one was also quite enjoyable.
I pretty much loved the Carleton supplement. They weren’t really tedious and I liked that I just got to share little info about myself. :)</p>
<p>I usually hate “what do you want to be” questions with the fiery passion of a thousand suns. I don’t remember what I wrote, but I think I liked it. The character restrictions here were my savior because I find it difficult to stretch “I don’t know what I want to major in or what I want to become yet” into an essay.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any questions they wished the supplement had asked?</p>
<p>I have the same problem, and the character limit was a definite boon for that question.</p>
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<p>Find X. Or really anything from the UChicago application. I get so sick of answering the same old BS questions for every application, so a chance to show a little creativity and have some fun with it is a breath of fresh air.</p>