essay question! (a question about the essay...)

CS
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:06:47 +0000

2 pages single spaced = 1800 words?

1) You want to include yourself in the essays. It doesn’t have to be a personal story, of course, but I wouldn’t suggest writing a research paper. Something that has a nice flow of thoughts, your personal thoughts. They want to see how you think, what you have a passion for, etc.

2) I would love to read your essay; I will be attending UChicago in the fall if you care about such.

3) I don’t know if they care about length so much, but remember how many essays they are reading. You have your common application, chicago “uncommon” essay, why chicago, and favorites plus a possible suppliment essay, 2 or more recommendations, etc. My common app essay was around 600 words and my chicago essay was around 350 words though I’ve seen some of people who were accepted reach 1250-1300 each. I would not go much beyond that last number (1300) keeping in mind what I mentioned earlier about how much they have to read.