UChicago College Admissions Releases Extended Essay Prompts for 2013-2014

By Robin Ye

April 23, 2013

2013-2014 Essay Questions:

ESSAY OPTION 1

There are many things people DGAF about. Write a passionate essay on something you don’t give a fuck about.

Inspired by Ferris B. Angstein, BA’09, English and Philosophy

ESSAY OPTION 2

Carly Rae Jepsen once said, “Before you came into my life, I missed you so bad.” Reconcile this.

Inspired by Harry Tunglichin, admitted student, Class of 2017

ESSAY OPTION 3

“You are a smelly pirate hooker.” – Ron Burgundy, Anchorman

Hooker: hook·er /ˈho͝okər/

Noun

1. A prostitute.

2. A one-masted sailboat of a kind used esp. in Ireland for fishing.

Let’s stick with this definition. Dirty hookers, High-class hookers, seafaring hookers, etc. — pick any hooker you have ever paid for, and tell us about the experience.

Inspired by Joe Lothan, admitted student, Class of 2015

ESSAY OPTION 4

Schrodinger’s cat was a thought experiment posed by physicist Erwin Schrödinger noting a potential paradox in early quantum mechanics, resulting in a paradoxical cat that could be both alive and dead at the same time. Tell us about a time when you killed an animal.

Inspired by Enrique Farmie, BS ’03, Physics

ESSAY OPTION 5

Other schools want you to write about who inspired you. Gandhi. Mandela. Obama. Jesus. We couldn’t care less. Who’s that fucker you swore you’d never be?

Inspired by Ked Thatt, admitted student Class of 2017

ESSAY OPTION 6

If you were fun, where would you go to die?

Anonymous submission from a UChicago student