Your Weird Essay.. and, rate mine please

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>After all of my explanation (of a post which was clearer than day to begin with, mind you), you still think I was criticizing your essay topic, laurenemma? Not to offend you since I haven't meant to thus far, but what is wrong with you? ;)</p>

<p>"Judging from TheCity's essay summary, I'd have to say that liberal is the new conservative. I mean, seriously, legislative discrimination against a minority is one of the most hackneyed social justice topics you could've chosen."</p>

<p>The criticism was even addressed to the intended recipient by name.</p>

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<p>I know you weren't
I just am trying to appease everyone.</p>

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<p>Well there's only one way to appease me.</p>

<p>A virgin sacrifice.</p>

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<p>I wrote about the mustard essay and how economies of scale and some other rules of economics are taking over the world in some senses.</p>

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<p>anyways....i wrote mine about me and mathematics. i chose the choose your own topic one. it may sound lame, but whatever. if you want to read it i can PM it to any of you.</p>

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<p>Yeah... back the the subject... ;)</p>

<p>I applied Early Evaluation Transfer. I chose the Which Astronaut? question since half of my double major is Philosophy. It didn't really reveal anything about me, except that I'm a fairly typical philosopher I guess, in that I dissect everything, cut down the argument to as basic elements as I can find, explain what one needs to take as primitive, and explain the consequences of filling in one variable that I can't pin down (in this case, the existence of a soul).</p>

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<p>I was replying to TheCity's topic, not yours, laurenema. Yours isn't as trite but, to be honest, if I was the admissions counselor it was issue nothing more than a mighty yawn and a red rejection stamp.</p>

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<p>Okay, I understand that, at least on the little essay.
My other essays were less yawny.</p>

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<p>(Brinestorm, I'm your new biggest fan. Your posts in this thread are excellent. And funny too, hehe.)</p>

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<p>hey man i wrote me mustard about how all americans lik 2 "think big" cuz its the land of bigness and we all think bigg iz bettre lol isn't that creative? lolz!!! nd for my other ones i wrote about how chicago is da life of mind and then in the other i did a critical comparison of "the flaming lips" and moby dick isn't that great?!?!?!?!?</p>

<p>me stats r 3.9 gpa sat = 1490 b-cuz i worked my ass off lik a zombie for 4 years and hvd tutors every day my parents spent $10000 so i shud deff get in right! ok bye sincerely, jakob bergenstein</p>

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<p>o gawd rejectedryan dont tell me that u writ about capitalizm in ur essay bcuz i did 2</p>

<p>and d00d dont u know that chicago has a cutoff n stuff i think itz like a 1495 sat and a 4.0 x 10^23 gpa ur in tough luck boi</p>

<p>bai the way moby dick i red that in like grade 10 like r u srs</p>

<p>i wrote about the sun also rises and made a comparison of jake barnes' lost scrotum and corporate america's lost soul they r gonna luv it</p>

<p>bai guyz</p>

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<p>Tee Hee Hee</p>

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<p>did anybody touch the teleclone essay?</p>

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<p>I did the teleclone essay because I am very scientifically/philosophically oriented.</p>

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<p>I wrote the teleclone essay. It's posted here somewhere (or at least one of the first drafts), you could probably find it if you wanted. I think it turned out pretty good.</p>

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<p>I created my own prompt:</p>

<p>Great thoughts can occur in unusual places. For all we know, Pythagoras derived his famous theorem while nibbling on a triangular slice of bread, or Samuel Taylor Coleridge found inspiration for the albatross in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner after being splattered by bird droppings thrice in one week. What’s the oddest situation in which you've caught yourself thinking great thoughts?</p>

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<p>Brine, that prompt is awesome. Especially since many of my English teachers have forced us to read Coleridge; I have an acquired distaste for him that lends a comedic aspect to the question (at least to me).</p>

<p>I did the language question, and just basically spent 3/4 of the essay describing the manner in which I speak--I really feel like I nailed that part spot-on, and I think everyone who read it agreed that it was both introspective and humourous...</p>

<p>Then I f***ed it up. Totally. With a conclusion that bordered on trite and incoherent. I wrote it because so many people were pushing me to "make a statement" with it, so I forced one that doesn't really reflect me (I'm not the type who goes around trying to make profound worldly epigrams)...</p>

<p>So I figure 3/4s good ain't bad.</p>

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<p>I actually enjoyed the Rime of the Ancient Sea Mariner and Kublia Khan.</p>

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<p>The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is good...for about five pages. Then it just drags on, and on, and on...he keeps hammering in the moral of the story.</p>

<p>I just hate Kublai Khan...too weird. Never saw the point; it's just an opium dream.</p>

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<p>In all honesty, I don't really think it matters what you chose to write about as much as what you had to say about your topic. For my essay I used a personal narrative I did for English class and condensed it a bit. It was about adjusting to my current community where everyone's Mormon and the tone was casual and humorous. And for the two short responses I wrote about how I like Chicago because they're academically challenging, blah blah blah generic generic generic, and for the second one I wrote about the photo of the Afghan girl because I couldn't think of anything else to write about.</p>