<p>I commented on the article, but I should’ve just done it here. I think the admissions council is trying to find kids that have U of Chicago’s philosophy on “the life of the mind” and education for the sake of education. My son (class of 2014) expressed these thoughts on his essay and despite not having the highest of SAT scores (2100) got accepted over many with higher scores. He loves learning and can’t even pick a major yet because he loves Literature, Physics, Linguistics and Mathematics all equally. He certainly has no idea what he wants his career to be. All he knows is he wants to learn and he wants to be with proferssors and students who love learning.</p>