The Weirdest Essay Prompt... Ever.

intparent
Wed, 26 Oct 2016 04:27:47 +0000

U Chicago has had some doozies. Here is a link to some past questions:

https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/essay/past-essay-questions

I always think you can tell a solid UChicago prospect immediately by how they respond to these question. My D2 loved their questions, would much rather have written 10 essays on their prompts than any other prompt from other schools. She wrote on the Susan Sontag “silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech.” question.