<p>Does it have to be a question, i.e. “why are people naturally evil?”, or could it be a statement, i.e. “Tell me about a time when you couldn’t get what you wanted but got it anyway?”</p>
<p>Thanks in advanced.</p>
<p>i think its better for it to be a question…im sure if u want u can do whatev you want, but option 5 is, in my opinion, reserved for some unique philosophical inquiry</p>
<p>perhaps not as simple as why are people innately evil…something more thought through</p>
<p>I don’t think it really matters, most essay prompts are questions, but in the form of statements (Does that make sense?) Anyhow, both of your examples sound like questions to me, just phrased differently.</p>
<p>I used option 5, and wrote an essay on the following Salman Rushdie quote: “A poet’s work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it from going to sleep.” Then I wrote 6 paragraphs, one about each of those things: “starting arguments,” for example, was about my mother and how she wants me to be a lawyer, not a writer, and how that’s affected our relationship. So, you know. I don’t think it necessarily has to be a question; it’s just what you make of it.</p>
<p>i would call uchicago, because i talked to them about option 5 and they said they want to see the prompt/question…i think all u really need to do is rephrase your prompt to have a question in it, along with the quote</p>