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The University of Chicago Admissions Essay for 2019-2020: How to Write for Prompt Two.

June 18, 2019

Next up: the Off-the-Wall, otherwise known as Chicago’s Essay Number Two. Below you will find all of the prompts, which includes new prompts for this year and a selection of golden oldies from years past that you may also write about. See my links for commentary and analysis on multiple prompts.I will also choose a…
How to Write The University of Chicago Supplemental Essays for 2019-2020–Question One, and How to Write About It

June 18, 2019

Yes, it’s that time again, as the mundane meets the off-the-wall in the University of Chicago questions for 2019-2020. The mundane comes first: University of Chicago Question 1 for 2019-2020 (Required) How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address…
How to Write a College Application Essay About a Quote in 2020: More on Writing the University of Chicago Supplemental Essay

July 12, 2018

Also known as How to Write the University of Chicago Application Essay: Prompt 2 (The Wild-and-Crazy Prompt). This post discusses writing about prompts in general as well as writing about specific quotes used on the University of Chicago essays. Here are two of the numerous prompts from Chicago that use a quote: “Don’t play what’s…
How to Write the University of Chicago Application Essay for 2020: The New Word Essay

July 9, 2018

Also known as the essay for students who wish to absquatulate to the University of Chicago, or if you prefer, to skedaddle, or for those who are in a real hurry, to skidoo. Always suckers for a punny response and for innovation, the University of Chicago is taking aim directly at your ability to innovate this year: …
And They’re Off: College Essay Season Has Begun for 2020–A Look at Saving Work by Combining Essays, a Special Nod to Writing the U-Chicago Prompt 1 and the “Why Cornell” Essay, and Tips on Writing an Engineering Essay for the University of Southern California.

July 6, 2018

Who should read this post: anybody applying to multiple colleges in 2020; anybody applying to the University of Chicago; anybody applying to Cornell; anybody applying to U.S.C; and anybody interested specifically in U.S.C.’s Viterbi school of engineering. There will be some research involved. This is a good thing for these essays, and I will show…
They’re Baaack: The University of Chicago Application Essay Prompts–Old Prompts Renewed for 2020

June 26, 2017

Writing for U Chicago in 2020: This post was originally written for 2017-18, but basically, U Chicago’s essay prompts never die, and then don’t even fade away. They may go in the deep freeze for awhile, but Chicago likes to offer you the opportunity to write on prompts from earlier years. So due to that,…
The University of Chicago Supplements for 2016-2017: A Quick Sample on Vestigiality

October 21, 2016

Greetings U Chicago Want-To-Be’s. Welcome to a look at the University of Chicago application essays for 2016-2017. Our topic today: Essay Option 5. Vestigiality refers to genetically determined structures or attributes that have apparently lost most or all of their ancestral function, but have been retained during the process of evolution. In humans, for instance,…
The University of Chicago Application Essays: Prompt 2, Part 2

July 10, 2014

I gave background to U Chicago’s Application Essay Prompt 2 in my last post; in this post, I will provide some more specific suggestions and sources for essay inspiration. Before I do, here is the prompt, again: Essay Option 2. In French, there is no difference between “conscience” and “consciousness”. In Japanese, there is a…
Back To The University Of Chicago Application Essays: What They Aren’t Telling Us About History (And What We Aren’t Noticing)

November 19, 2013

This post is on last year’s University of Chicago prompts. If you want to write an essay about history for a college app that would allow a response on this basic topic, go ahead and read the post below. If not, this post is totally history . . . but for this year’s University of…
The University Of Chicago Essay Prompt On The Mantis Shrimp: Seeing Is Believing

August 6, 2013

This post will focus on another Chicago prompt with both humorous and philosophical potential, yes that one on the mantis shrimp. To refresh your memory, here it is: ESSAY OPTION 4. The mantis shrimp can perceive both polarized light and multispectral images; they have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom. Human eyes have…

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