@AshleyMisAwesome For my long essay I wrote something relating music to food/late-night snacking (for the past ‘how did you get caught?’ prompt). I think my ‘why uchicago’ essay was decent (not as stellar/specific as i wanted it, although i wrote it in a goldilocks/fairy tale style). My favorites essay was more of a list with brief explanations and I thought they were pretty good.
and thank you for your thoughts!! 
also @ future commenters, i accidentally left a school off of the list! the college list is this:
USC
UCLA
UC Berkeley
UVA
BU
Brandeis
Northwestern
Pomona
Columbia
Harvard
Stanford
UChicago
UPenn
Georgetown
and thanks in advance