Some Advice on UChicago

sciencer
Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:38:58 +0000

Hello,

I applied to UChicago RD and I had wrote an essay on the odd numbers. My teacher said it was a good idea but too broad and that I shouldn’t use the essay. So I panicked and didn’t even think about using the essay. I looked at the why you are here and not elsewhere and I was stuck on the essay so I wrote about how my life should have been in Asia and then added why I am here in Chicago (dad got a job at UChicago and he liked the city and it was like his new home). But when I reread the essay, I found there was nothing quirky about it and it didn’t really tell them anything about me. And the odd number essay highlighted my quirkiness more. So I want to know, if I get waitlisted, should I send them the odd number essay, explaining my situation? Thank you and sorry if I sound a little hysterical but I feel like I made a great mistake.