<p>In addition, my other essays:
How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago.
If my UChicago love story was a play, it would have three acts. The first would show my falling in love with the city of Chicago. The second would describe how I fell in love with UChicago’s philosophy. Finally, the third act would feature my falling in love with the UChicago campus.</p>
<p>I was enchanted by the city of Chicago ever since I first visited it my eighth grade year. I had visited large cities before, but Chicago had a striking personality that I was completely drawn to. The people were incredibly diverse and interesting, and the city had a charm that was unmatched in my mind.</p>
<p>Upon entering high school, I started to look further into my college plans and began examining different universities. One of the first colleges I looked into was the University of Chicago, and I fell in love within the first ten minutes I spent on the website. Reading through the university’s essay questions revealed to me that UChicago is not only committed to academic enrichment, but is also dedicated to searching for and augmenting creative talent. I believe that creativity is one of the most valuable things a person has, and I was My family does not have the money to travel much so I did not visit too many colleges, but one trip that I absolutely had to make was one to the UChicago campus. I had to see if the university held up to the lofty vision of it that I held in my head.</p>
<p>To say that I was blown away would be an understatement. The University of Chicago was everything I dreamed it would be. The University of Chicago had every attribute I was looking for in a college, including a large variety of clubs and extra-curricular activities, a devoted staff focused on academics, and a kind, welcoming student body. No other college I visited had the profound effect on me that UChicago did. I felt at home.</p>
<h2>My UChicago love story may not be as interesting as some others, but it is mine and I have enjoyed the journey. The only thing my play lacks is its resolution, the final thread to tie everything together. My only hope is that it is a happy one.</h2>
<p>Share with us a few of your favorite books, poems, authors, films, plays, pieces of music, musicians, performers, paintings, artists, blogs, magazines, or newspapers. Feel free to touch on one, some, or all of the categories listed, or add a category of your own.</p>
<p>My favorite author is by far Douglas Coupland. His books have an intriguing mixture of postmodern and existentialist themes and a level of creativity I have rarely seen matched. I enjoy all of his works, but my favorite is definitely Microserfs, a tale of Silicon Valley life in the early 1990s. When I first read it as an awkward middle school student, I identified greatly with the stereotypical inelegant computer programmers the novel depicts.</p>
<p>My favorite musician is the singer-songwriter Frank Turner. Turner’s music is a euphonious mixture of folk and punk themes. Turner has a raw, emotional sound: the combination of acoustic guitar and his powerful, impassioned voice creates music that is incredibly moving. One song that showcases this mixture well is “Balthazar, Impresario.” In this track, Turner sings from the point of view of a music hall owner during the decline of Vaudeville. The song’s lyrics are delivered with chilling affectiveness, but the line I found to be the most poignant was the simple verse that both opens and closes the song: “My name is Balthazar, Impresario, and tonight will be my last night on the stage.”</p>
<p>Another song that demonstrates Turner’s masterful songwriting is “Journey of the Magi.” Within, Turner reflects on three legendary travelers: Moses, Odysseus, and Balthazar. All three men traveled great lengths in harrowing conditions. At first glance, these journeys may seem to be completely undesirable, but Turner sees it differently. In his eyes, “the journeys brought joys that outweigh the pain.”</p>