<p>“The catch is this: If you write the optional essay the Admissions board feels that you aren’t confident enough in your grades and other essays to get accepted and you feel the need to have to do something extra. This lack of confidence gets you an automatic rejection, but if you don’t write the essay it shows that you aren’t willing to go the extra mile to get into Chicago, and they won’t accept you.”</p>
<p>“That’s quite a Catch.”</p>
<p>“It’s the best there is.”</p>