<p>Anyone submit an essay question? Feel like sharing? When does Chicago pick 'em?</p>
<p>I sent one in. I would guess they pick them by August, when the application becomes available…</p>
<p>I sent one in that involved Kurt Vonnegut’s ideas of the karass and the granfalloon from “Cat’s Cradle.” I asked who was in the karass of the person writing the essay what was its purpose. Note: Vonnegut is an alum, which was a cool coincidence.</p>
<p>Yeah Sarah, “coincidence”.</p>
<p>My essay pretty much asked the person to define the opposite gender in their own terms without getting personal. It might be biased against gender-confused individuals, but I’m sure they’d be able to deduce which to pick.</p>
<p>Using Tom Robbins’ “Skinny Legs and All” as inspiration, I asked people what a conversation between two of their households’ inanimate objects might be like.</p>
<p>Mine was on Road Rage.</p>
<p>When will they announce the winners? What do we get if we win?</p>
<p>haha, jpps1, that’s awesome. and hey fadi, it’s true! i would have asked that same question, even if vonnegut hadn’t gone to the school. it’s a bonus : )</p>
<p>“What do we get if we win?”</p>
<p>According to their email, “something larger than a t-shirt but not quite a year’s tuition.”</p>
<p>I guess it would be something useful, like a gift certificate for books or something…who knows?</p>
<p>and when next year’s prospies come in april you can ask them if they had a good time with your prompt.</p>