<p>U of Virginia had some pretty lame ones this year :</p>
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<li><p>What is your favorite word and why?</p></li>
<li><p>"Belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light." (Franz Kafka) Do you have a belief that is like a guillotine? In what way?</p></li>
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<p>I don't get why the word one is so "lame."</p>
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<p>Actually, that's one of the most common questions asked on "Inside the Actor's Studio". It's also a common job interview question.</p>
<p>"How do you feel about abortion?"</p>
<p>Why does it freaking matter how I feel? Either you'll love me or hate me due to your personal views a the end of it. WHy can't you ask me how I feel about world peace or tofu or hybrid lawn mowers?!</p>
<p>What college asked about abortion!?!?!?!?!?</p>
<p>If you could pose for a formal oil portrait in the style of Hans Holbein’s The Ambassadors, what possessions would surround you and why?</p>
<p>I don't know who Hans Holbein is and I don't care.... Why don't these guys ask straight forward questions.....</p>
<p>Lol they could asked without name-dropping that artist or trying to expand ur horizons</p>
<p>I don't like the UChicago prompts this year. They really just were fancy wording for very bland topics--describe a place that has significant influence to you, and if you could have lunch with 5 famous people, who would it be? The math prompt was crazy and confusing, but atleast it was fun.</p>
<p>one of OSU's was something like "women may soon outnumber men by a ratio of 3:2 at colleges. Is this a problem? What could be the cause of this trend?"</p>
<p>I really don't know how best to answer it. that's why it's lame. I mean, I could delve into sociology and that crap, but i'd much rather write an essay that really showed who i was, not some formal academic paper. so this question is a shame.</p>
<p>"What is your favorite joke and what does it tell us about your sense of humor?"</p>
<p>the UChicago essay topics seriously suck this year. i have absolutely zero interest in answering any of the questions.</p>
<p>i liked the math question and the Mad Hatter question at UChicago, but they were somewhat lacking this year</p>
<p>I liked the math and mad hatter ones too. I went with the Mad Hatter one. and it was like a stream of consciousness thing. I'm worried they won't like it.</p>
<p>Stream of consciousness? Oooh. I would've prefaced my Madhatter essay with "screw tea! screw lunch! i don't want to be stationary!" and then detail my travels with Jack Kerouac; So, hence, I would've written mine sorta stream of consciously. I actually kinda did write the essay, but I modified MAJOR for the common app.</p>
<p>Oh to apply to UChicago! I'm not going to though. Anyway, again, it's UC. The worst they can do is give you credit for being...uncommon. :)</p>