<p>wouldn't be very appreciative of my UChicago-essay?</p>
<p>one side of my has a very distinctive writing style, almost nonconformist in its approach. the other, a solemn tone, emotional, but not flowery. </p>
<p>i feel like the latter is a better fit for georgetown. i'm hesitant about sending the former in to georgetown because i get the impression that they're a little classier, if i can say that, than the university of chicago.</p>
<p>let me know if i'm wrong.</p>
<p>and for EA applicants who already got in, would you mind giving me an idea of what kind of tone you used in your essays? thanks</p>
<p>for the essay everyone has to do, mine was a little bit light-hearted for sure. i talked about how i was teased growing up because i wasnt a real girly girl, but im better in the end yatta yatta. i was definitely humorous but also insightful. as long as you can be unique then go for it, but dont go TOO overboard, or they may think youre not serious about the school</p>
<p>I would say that it's better to go a little on the unconventional side and be original, and therefore memorable, than to go with a "safe" essay that might be too blah and not make an impression at all.</p>
<p>I got in EA and my tone was pretty casual. With my "average" stats of 1400 SAT and 31 ACT my essays couldn't have been too bad. In the first essay I talked about things I really cared about, but I also mentioned little things like sweet tea and not liking people shortening my name. In my business essay I even had a paragraph basically about fantasy football. Just don't be someone you aren't.</p>
<p>I think it depends on what Chicago prompt you did and what you talk about.</p>
<p>Chicago is totally fine with its applicants writing stories about paper airplanes-- I think most colleges want to hear a little bit more about you rather than your narrative voice in fiction. If you did the uncommon prompt #4 (the one where you're asked to write about paper airplanes), I can categorically say that that essay won't work for Georgetown.... or any school that is not the U of C.</p>
<p>However, if you found a way to write about yourself and have fun with the way you wrote, I think you should send it to Georgetown. Like other posters have pointed out, college adcoms want to get a sense of who you are and I think you should be honest to yourself.</p>
<p>I got the same impression, and thus my essays were much more serious and straightforward for Georgetown. (I got in.) That being said, it seems like others got in with more creative essays as well.</p>
<p>My hunch (please don't quote me on this) is that Georgetown looks at the concrete substance of your essay - <em>what</em> you wrote - whereas UChicago looks more at the implications (<em>how</em> you wrote/how you think).</p>