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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…
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…