Will UChicago place more weight on the supplement essay than the Common App essay?

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<p>I poured my heart and soul into my UChicago essay...rewrote it like ten times and I've been working on it for almost three months now.</p>

<p>On the other hand, my Common App personal statement essay for UChicago is complete crap. I'm modifying my National Merit essay for it (I'm actually only sending this to UChicago, for the other Common App schools, I'll probably use my UChicago supplement essay as the main personal statement).</p>

<p>Will UChicago admissions officers hopefully place more weight on their own essays since up till last year, they didn't even require a second personal statement from the Common app?</p>

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<p>Wait, what? My brother goes to UChicago and he's graduating this year. When he applied, you bet he had to write another essay in addition to the common app!
Anyway, as far as I know, if you've got the grades, UChicago will definitely be looking at the supplement essays - they try so hard to make the topics interesting because they WANT to get to read all the interesting, quirky, funny essays people are going to be sending in.</p>

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<p>^um thanks for response, but I guess I wasn't really clear.</p>

<p>UChicago didn't use the Common App until this year. So yes, my "interesting, quirky, funny" essay is now for the UChicago supplement essay. </p>

<p>My dull stupid essay is the Common App main personal statement, which until this year, Uchicago didn't ask for.</p>

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<p>IMO, they probably place more weight on their own essay because it's what they specifically want to hear from you, not what Common App asks of you.</p>

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<p>Ah, sorry for misunderstanding. Still, my answer stands - I believe they will definitely put more emphasis on what you wrote for their supplement. If they only started using the common app, one would assume it was more for the convenience of it than anything else.</p>

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<p>I think it's fair to say that they'll read both and evaluate both. Other than that I don't want to pretend I know things about admissions that I don't.</p>

<p>What's important to remember is that everything you send in reflects who you are.</p>

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<p>Is it important that it is "interesting, quirky, and funny?" Mine was a bit of a downer.</p>

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<p>How did you guys respond to the prompt?</p>

<p>I described African Americans in a distinctive organization</p>