UChicago Uncommon Essay DILEMMA!

Emiris
Sat, 04 Aug 2018 14:01:35 +0000

Hi guys,

I am writing my UChicago uncommon essay and I decided to choose the prompt from last year: "Due to a series of clerical errors, there is exactly one typo (an extra letter, a removed letter, or an altered letter) in the name of every department at the University of Chicago. Oops! Describe your new intended major. Why are you interested in it and what courses or areas of focus within it might you want to explore? Potential options include Commuter Science, Bromance Languages and Literatures, Pundamentals: Issues and Texts, Ant History… a full list of unmodified majors ready for your editor’s eye is available here.

I’ve written most of the essay and I really like what I wrote in terms of the creativity and everything like that, but I am starting to doubt that maybe it wasn’t the best idea tochoose this prompt. This is mainly because it’s definitely a more creative prompt, and doesn’t have much of a personal narrative. I am afraid this may hurt me in the admissions process because the admissions officers may not be able to learn more about myself - they would just be learning about a major I made up…

Please respond!!

Also if there are any other UChicago admits or others who wrote this essay, please PM me!! I am super surious as to how others may have tackled this prompt and how I can perhaps make mine better.