<p>Mrinal I will check brown out, thanks :)</p>
<p>Guys, is UChic worth applying to even it has shady FA towards internationals? It states that it meet 100% FA demand.
I read the UChic thread here, and it is said that needing a lot of FA will definitely hurt your chances, yet it meets the 100% FA for internationals?
Suggest?
Coz I like need LOTS of Financial Aid, hence I was applying to just the need blinds!</p>
<p>I don’t know where to EA 
@Rew,
Quote from UChicago website:
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<p>So it means applying for aid will definitely hurt your chances, but if you do get in, they do help you out. So what’s the harm in applying? It’s worth a shot…you have nothing to lose.</p>
<p>@rew I completely agree with slayzaz
He definately has a point that there is no harm in applying</p>
<p>Sent from my U20i using CC</p>
<p>Cornell, Dartmouth, Columbia, Brown, and Penn - all have EDs.</p>
<p>Well the only harm in applying for financial aid at UChic is that it does reduce your chance of getting in. As it is, UChic is not really an easy school to get into, more so for internationals, reducing your chances even further may not be advisable. But then again, if you are a strong applicant, capable of getting in even with financial aid, you must definitely apply to the school.</p>
<p>Sorry guys, been a little busy with exams going on.</p>
<p>What new updates? :p</p>
<p>idream: All the best at Stanford. Try not to do what you did the first day here. :p</p>
<p>I will probably check back after a week now, so Good luck !</p>
<p>hahaha. I promise to tryyy :p</p>
<p>Poof. Be alive the TiT!</p>
<p>lol 
10char</p>
<p>In my attempt to keep this thread alive, we have 18 days till college admission season starts. Not that I wanted to scare anyone ;)</p>
<p>I should be freaking out then. Who hasn’t started essays? :D</p>
<p>I haven’t :-|</p>
<p>Hola (hey in spanish) guys!
the place seems soo dead 
all of you ready for the C.A to open up?
I was wondering how do you all write your essays ? as in do you follow a format or what? If you do could you please share it here 
I am asking this for the SAT essay and not general essays :))</p>
<p>Finally something I can answer.
Crystal,
I followed the intro+2-3examples+Conclusion pattern.
Most of the time my intros and conclusions were very pithy cliched sentences relating to the topic, but as long as you fill a few lines it honestly doesnt matter as much.</p>
<p>Make sure you cite atleast 1 history and I literature example, those always help. Personal examples are not looked down upon in any case, but literature or history do have more authenticity to them and will help get your point across.</p>
<p>I suggest you start an essay bank. Get together a few literature,history,sports,cultural examples and use them over and over.
Honestly I managed to tweak and use the example of Aron Ralston (you better know him) and WW2 more times than I can count.
These examples are very versatile.</p>
<p>IF you ever need to read any sample essays, just PM me, I ended up writing about 20 of them :)</p>
<p>@north thanks alot for replying, I just pm’d you :-D</p>
<p>Sent from my U20i using CC</p>
<p>Hey crystal, good question!</p>
<p>I used the pattern - Introduction + 2 Examples + Conclusion.</p>
<p>In the intro, just include a thesis and make sure you have a ‘hook’ start. This is a general for most essays. In the conclusion, restate your thesis and end the essay.
Both these paragraphs shouldn’t be more than 3-4 sentences. If they are, you are wasting time writing things that barely matter.</p>
<p>Now coming to the middle 2(maybe 3) paragraphs. These 2 paragraphs should contain the examples to support your thesis. Maybe, but again, not necessarily, in this order - </p>
<p>1) What your trying to achieve with that paragraph.
Basically a sentence or two before you give your example, laying the foundation for it.
2) Stating the example and giving a little information about it.
Don’t just say “Thomas Edison was creative…”. Explain about who Thomas Edison is: “Thomas Edison was an inventor who invented the lightbulb. The reason this could happen was because he was very creative in how he worked…”[Please don’t criticize the depth of the sentences. Just made it off from the top of my head. :P]
3) Explain how the example relates to your thesis/beginning part of the paragraph.</p>
<p>Now about choosing examples -</p>
<p>First things first, Quality is always greater than Quantity. If you are given a prompt where you have many choices as examples, Choose the best 2 and spend significant time making them well written. Don’t include another example, because it will just make the first two not as well written. 2 Well Written and Explained Examples is always better than 3 not so well written ones.</p>
<p>Honestly, there are many examples that can be used for a wide-range of prompts. Some that come up again and again are WWII, Shakespear(particularly Romeo and Juliet), JFK, Albert Einstein, Da Vinci, etc. When you give an example that isn’t used much, it gives a good impression (not necessarily increases your score) on the grader. Still, I’m not saying that using a common example is bad, it’s great actually if you can specifically link it to the topic.
And about the personal experience example. I wouldn’t use it, save it as a last resort. You can make up something (it should sound real, not like u went to space or something). But, in my opinion, it doesn’t give enough weightage as compared to a Literary, Historical, or People example.</p>
<p>Here are my two cents, hope it helped!</p>
<p>Thanks a lot anvesh for your detailed help guide 
I really appreciate it!</p>
<p>No Problem Crystal!</p>