Is My UChicago Essay Topic Appropriate?

hechopecho
Wed, 16 Sep 2015 01:40:10 +0000

I’m working on my supplement for UChicago and I just remembered this really awesome thing I did during my freshman year so I wanted to right about the topic “How did you get caught? (Or not caught)”

During my freshman year I helped pull off a spectacular senior prank. I was kind of central to the scheme since I provided them with a valuable item.

Anyway, after the seniors pulled their prank they confiscated the thing and I never got into any trouble since nobody believed that I did it (even after admitting it so I could get the item back) while the others were suspended for a week since most had a minor* disciplinary history and were pretty much average C students.

*cellphones in class, lateness, etc.

In my essay I want to discuss the prank and afterwards on how looking back at it over the years has made me aware of the kind of privilege I have that comes from being an A student that is able to follow rules without question and how that’s unfair since the purpose of an education isn’t about being an A student or learning how to follow rules without question so people shouldn’t be penalized for that kind of thing.