<p>I am not sure exactly, but I was considering doing the dissolve essay: Political Parties. I am into politics, so I would make it very personal and interesting.</p>
<p>i don’t think anybody will tell you… everybody’s being pretty secretive.</p>
<p>“Find x” can apply to anything. I don’t know how people get bogged down over this. This prompt is technically like (create ur own topic)</p>
<p>hows find x like creating our own topic ? i thought it would be some mathematical question?</p>
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<p>Please elaborate.</p>
<p>^^ please do.</p>
<p>I did Find x. I’m worried that it may be too… fanciful.</p>
<p>I don’t think you need to worry about being too fanciful. If I were you, I would look at all my essays for UChicago (including CA) as a whole and think about the impression it creates and not necessarily each essay in isolation.</p>
<p>by finidng x do you actually man the mathematical variable x ? or can x be anything ?</p>
<p>x could be the numbers years for the human race to become extinct if all of us don’t become tree huggers immediately.</p>
<p>i said i would dissolve art critics</p>
<p>X can be taken in any context you wish.</p>
<p>I think boomshakalaka means that the “Find x.” prompt is so open to interpretation and broad that it can essentially fit any essay.</p>
<p>For the people attacking the Find x prompt: do you guys think that ‘x’, the letter itself, should be mentioned in the essay anywhere? Or can it be more subtle than that? </p>
<p>So if i have a problem(not mathematical) and i find the solution(again not mathematical), should i mention ‘x’ as being the solution?</p>
<p>^do as u think it is, don’t try to bust ur brain thinking over the question, just find x man, there’s no right or wrong answer</p>
<p>i think i will do the two different types of people that exist. just need some ideas to start. do i talk about two types or relate myself to one of them ?</p>
<p>If “find x” is not structured enough for you, please consider whether Chicago is a good fit for you. Very little of one’s education at Chicago involves plug-and-chug.</p>
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<p>The point… is to come up with something that is distinctly your own. Chicago wants to know YOU through your writing, not someone else’s ideas. If the essay doesn’t “come” to you, given so much room to maneuver and be truly creative, even outlandish, then I think you haven’t thought about it hard enough or you’re not thinking about the right things. Worst case scenario: CountingDown is right. Here. Try this. Spot two random objects, or ideas, in your closest proximity, and connect them somehow. It’s really fun to do, and it might get your mind going. Don’t just ask others to arbitrarily set parameters for you where none exist.</p>
<p>I’m writing about Bob Dylan for my prompt. That’s seriously the gist of it.</p>
<p>I picked the ‘Find x.’ prompt. I’m surprised to see how popular the prompt is!</p>
<p>haha i picked the two different kinds of people. It just sort of… came to me. Find x was too broad to get my creative juices flowing.</p>