<p>Tell us about a few of your favorite books, poems, authors, films, plays, pieces of music, musicians, performers, paintings, artists, magazines, or newspapers. Feel free to touch on one, some or all of the categories above or add a category of your own.</p>
<p>Two possible types. The first one touches on one book and one television series. The writer explains in detail why the book and the series are his/her favorites. The essay is about 450 words long.</p>
<p>The second one touches on two books, a poem, a film, a piece of music, and television series. After every example, the writer gives one or two sentences explaining why are they his/her favorites. The essay is about 250 words long.</p>
<p>I don’t know, but I’d suggest going with the more in-depth essay unless there is something really special or unusual about your list. This is on the Chicago EA app, right? My sense is that they use this question to get some insight into who you are, but it would probably bore the ad coms to death to read hundreds of lists of the same books, movies, etc. But then again, it depends on what is on your longer list … if it is really quirky it might be a fun read.</p>
<p>I like the first idea better. The second one with the many examples would only work in my opinion, if there was some overall theme and these served as examples that all related to the theme. Otherwise a bunch of examples with reasons for each is not that coherent or tied together as an essay. </p>
<p>I think it is important when you write a college essay to NOT focus on the topic as much as WHAT ABOUT YOU DO YOU WANT TO SHOW THEM? Once you know what traits/qualities about yourself you wish to use this essay to get across, then pick your topic. If one book/movie illustrates that point, go with that. If two or three examples show X about you, go with that. I’m more interested in the X about you that you want to show the adcoms, not which examples you picked or how many.</p>