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UChicago Supplemental Essay Questions

The University of Chicago has long been renowned for our provocative essay questions. We think of them as an opportunity for students to tell us about themselves, their tastes, and their ambitions. They can be approached with utter seriousness, complete fancy, or something in between.

Each year we email newly admitted and current College students and ask them for essay topics. We receive several hundred responses, many of which are eloquent, intriguing, or downright wacky.

As you can see from the attributions, the questions below were inspired by submissions from UChicago students and alumni.

2024-25 UChicago Supplement

Question 1 (required).

How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago.

Question 2: Extended Essay (Required; Choose one)

Essay option 1.

We’re all familiar with green-eyed envy or feeling blue, but what about being “caught purple-handed”? Or “tickled orange”? Give an old color-infused expression a new hue and tell us what it represents. – Inspired by Ramsey Bottorff, Class of 2026

Essay Option 2

"Ah, but I was so much older then / I'm younger than that now” – Bob Dylan. In what ways do we become younger as we get older? – Inspired by Joshua Harris, Class of 2016

Essay Option 3

Pluto, the demoted planet. Ophiuchus, the thirteenth Zodiac. Andy Murray, the fourth to tennis's Big Three. Every grouping has something that doesn’t quite fit in. Tell us about a group and its unofficial member, why (or why not) should it be excluded? – Inspired by Veronica Chang, Class of 2022

Essay Option 4

"Daddy-o", "Far Out", "Gnarly": the list of slang terms goes on and on. Sadly, most of these aren’t so "fly" anymore – “as if!” Name an outdated slang from any decade or language that you'd bring back and explain why you totally “dig it.” – Inspired by Napat Sakdibhornssup, Class of 2028

Essay Option 5

How many piano tuners are there in Chicago? What is the total length of chalk used by UChicago professors in a year? How many pages of books are in the Regenstein Library? These questions are among a class of estimation problems named after University of Chicago physicist Enrico Fermi. Create your own Fermi estimation problem, give it your best answer, and show us how you got there. – Inspired by Malhar Manek, Class of 2028

Essay Option 6

And, as always… the classic choose your own adventure option! In the spirit of adventurous inquiry, choose one of our past prompts (or create a question of your own). Be original, creative, thought provoking. Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk, and have fun!

Some classic questions from previous years…

Exponents and square roots, pencils and erasers, beta decay and electron capture. Name two things that undo each other and explain why both are necessary. – Inspired by Emmett Cho, Class of 2027

“Where have all the flowers gone?” – Pete Seeger. Pick a question from a song title or lyric and give it your best answer. – Inspired by Ryan Murphy, AB’21

“Vlog,” “Labradoodle,” and “Fauxmage.” Language is filled with portmanteaus. Create a new portmanteau and explain why those two things are a “patch” (perfect match). – Inspired by Garrett Chalfin, Class of 2027

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 . —Inspired by Josh Kaufman, AB'18

You are on an expedition to found a colony on Mars, when from a nearby crater, a group of Martians suddenly emerges. They seem eager to communicate, but they're the impatient kind and demand you represent the human race in one song, image, memory, proof, or other idea. What do you share with them to show that humanity is worth their time? —Inspired by Alexander Hastings, Class of 2023, and Olivia Okun-Dubitsky, Class of 2026

Who does Sally sell her seashells to? How much wood can a woodchuck really chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Pick a favorite tongue twister (either originally in English or translated from another language) and consider a resolution to its conundrum using the method of your choice. Math, philosophy, linguistics... it's all up to you (or your woodchuck). —Inspired by Blessing Nnate, Class of 2024

What can actually be divided by zero? —Inspired by Mai Vu, Class of 2024

The seven liberal arts in antiquity consisted of the Quadrivium — astronomy, mathematics, geometry, and music — and the Trivium — rhetoric, grammar, and logic. Describe your own take on the Quadrivium or the Trivium. What do you think is essential for everyone to know? —Inspired by Peter Wang, Class of 2022

Subway maps, evolutionary trees, Lewis diagrams. Each of these schematics tells the relationships and stories of their component parts. Reimagine a map, diagram, or chart. If your work is largely or exclusively visual, please include a cartographer's key of at least 300 words to help us best understand your creation. —Inspired by Maximilian Site, Class of 2020

"Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" - Eleanor Roosevelt. Misattribute a famous quote and explore the implications of doing so. —Inspired by Chris Davey, AB’13

Engineer George de Mestral got frustrated with burrs stuck to his dog’s fur and applied the same mechanic to create Velcro. Scientist Percy Lebaron Spencer found a melted chocolate bar in his magnetron lab and discovered microwave cooking. Dye-works owner Jean Baptiste Jolly found his tablecloth clean after a kerosene lamp was knocked over on it, consequently shaping the future of dry cleaning. Describe a creative or interesting solution, and then find the problem that it solves. —Inspired by Steve Berkowitz, AB’19, and Neeharika Venuturupalli, Class of 2024

Joan of Arkansas. Queen Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Babe Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Mash up a historical figure with a new time period, environment, location, or occupation, and tell us their story. —Inspired by Drew Donaldson, AB’16

Alice falls down the rabbit hole. Milo drives through the tollbooth. Dorothy is swept up in the tornado. Neo takes the red pill. Don’t tell us about another world you’ve imagined, heard about, or created. Rather, tell us about its portal. Sure, some people think of the University of Chicago as a portal to their future, but please choose another portal to write about. —Inspired by Raphael Hallerman, Class of 2020

What’s so odd about odd numbers? —Inspired by Mario Rosasco, AB’09

Vestigiality refers to genetically determined structures or attributes that have apparently lost most or all of their ancestral function, but have been retained during the process of evolution. In humans, for instance, the appendix is thought to be a vestigial structure. Describe something vestigial (real or imagined) and provide an explanation for its existence. —Inspired by Tiffany Kim, Class of 2020

In French, there is no difference between “conscience” and “consciousness.” In Japanese, there is a word that specifically refers to the splittable wooden chopsticks you get at restaurants. The German word “fremdschämen” encapsulates the feeling you get when you’re embarrassed on behalf of someone else. All of these require explanation in order to properly communicate their meaning, and are, to varying degrees, untranslatable. Choose a word, tell us what it means, and then explain why it cannot (or should not) be translated from its original language. —Inspired by Emily Driscoll, Class of 2018

Little pigs, French hens, a family of bears. Blind mice, musketeers, the Fates. Parts of an atom, laws of thought, a guideline for composition. Omne trium perfectum? Create your own group of threes, and describe why and how they fit together. —Inspired by Zilin Cui, Class of 2018

The mantis shrimp can perceive both polarized light and multispectral images; they have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom. Human eyes have color receptors for three colors (red, green, and blue); the mantis shrimp has receptors for sixteen types of color, enabling them to see a spectrum far beyond the capacity of the human brain. Seriously, how cool is the mantis shrimp: mantisshrimp.uchicago.edu What might they be able to see that we cannot? What are we missing? —Inspired by Tess Moran, AB’16

How are apples and oranges supposed to be compared? Possible answers involve, but are not limited to, statistics, chemistry, physics, linguistics, and philosophy. —Inspired by Florence Chan, AB’15

The ball is in your court—a penny for your thoughts, but say it, don’t spray it. So long as you don’t bite off more than you can chew, beat around the bush, or cut corners, writing this essay should be a piece of cake. Create your own idiom, and tell us its origin—you know, the whole nine yards. PS: A picture is worth a thousand words. —Inspired by April Bell, AB'17, and Maya Shaked, Class of 2018 (It takes two to tango.)

“A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.” –Oscar Wilde. Othello and Iago. Dorothy and the Wicked Witch. Autobots and Decepticons. History and art are full of heroes and their enemies. Tell us about the relationship between you and your arch-nemesis (either real or imagined). —Inspired by Martin Krzywy, AB’16

Heisenberg claims that you cannot know both the position and momentum of an electron with total certainty. Choose two other concepts that cannot be known simultaneously and discuss the implications. (Do not consider yourself limited to the field of physics). —Inspired by Doran Bennett, AB’07

Susan Sontag, AB’51, wrote that “[s]ilence remains, inescapably, a form of speech.” Write about an issue or a situation when you remained silent, and explain how silence may speak in ways that you did or did not intend. The Aesthetics of Silence, 1967. —Anonymous Suggestion

“…I [was] eager to escape backward again, to be off to invent a past for the present.” —The Rose Rabbi by Daniel Stern Present: pres·ent 1. Something that is offered, presented, or given as a gift. Let’s stick with this definition. Unusual presents, accidental presents, metaphorical presents, re-gifted presents, etc.—pick any present you have ever received and invent a past for it. —Inspired by Jennifer Qin, AB’16

So where is Waldo, really? —Inspired by Robin Ye, AB’16

Find x. —Inspired by Benjamin Nuzzo, an admitted student from Eton College, UK

Dog and Cat. Coffee and Tea. Great Gatsby and Catcher in the Rye. Everyone knows there are two types of people in the world. What are they? —Inspired by an anonymous alumna, AB'06

How did you get caught? (Or not caught, as the case may be.) —Inspired by Kelly Kennedy, AB’10

Chicago author Nelson Algren said, “A writer does well if in his whole life he can tell the story of one street.” Chicagoans, but not just Chicagoans, have always found something instructive, and pleasing, and profound in the stories of their block, of Main Street, of Highway 61, of a farm lane, of the Celestial Highway. Tell us the story of a street, path, road—real or imagined or metaphorical. —Anonymous Suggestion

UChicago professor W. J. T. Mitchell entitled his 2005 book What Do Pictures Want? Describe a picture, and explore what it wants. —Inspired by Anna Andel

“Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.“—Miles Davis (1926–91) —Inspired by Jack Reeves

University of Chicago alumna and renowned author/critic Susan Sontag said, “The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions.” We all have heard serious questions, absurd questions, and seriously absurd questions, some of which cannot be answered without obliterating the very question. Destroy a question with your answer. —Inspired by Aleksandra Ciric

“Mind that does not stick.” —Zen Master Shoitsu (1202–80)

Superstring theory has revolutionized speculation about the physical world by suggesting that strings play a pivotal role in the universe. Strings, however, always have explained or enriched our lives, from Theseus’s escape route from the Labyrinth, to kittens playing with balls of yarn, to the single hair that held the sword above Damocles, to the Old Norse tradition that one’s life is a thread woven into a tapestry of fate, to the beautiful sounds of the finely tuned string of a violin, to the children’s game of cat’s cradle, to the concept of stringing someone along. Use the power of string to explain the biggest or the smallest phenomenon. —Inspired by Adam Sobolweski

Have you ever walked through the aisles of a warehouse store like Costco or Sam’s Club and wondered who would buy a jar of mustard a foot and a half tall? We’ve bought it, but it didn’t stop us from wondering about other things, like absurd eating contests, impulse buys, excess, unimagined uses for mustard, storage, preservatives, notions of bigness…and dozens of other ideas both silly and serious. Write an essay somehow inspired by super-huge mustard. —Inspired by Katherine Gold

People often think of language as a connector, something that brings people together by helping them share experiences, feelings, ideas, etc. We, however, are interested in how language sets people apart. Start with the peculiarities of your own personal language—the voice you use when speaking most intimately to yourself, the vocabulary that spills out when you’re startled, or special phrases and gestures that no one else seems to use or even understand—and tell us how your language makes you unique. You may want to think about subtle riffs or idiosyncrasies based on cadence, rhythm, rhyme, or (mis)pronunciation. —Inspired by Kimberly Traube

In 2015, the city of Melbourne, Australia created a "tree-mail" service, in which all of the trees in the city received an email address so that residents could report any tree-related issues. As an unexpected result, people began to email their favorite trees sweet and occasionally humorous letters. Imagine this has been expanded to any object (tree or otherwise) in the world, and share with us the letter you’d send to your favorite. -Inspired by Hannah Lu, Class of 2020 

You’re on a voyage in the thirteenth century, sailing across the tempestuous seas. What if, suddenly, you fell off the edge of the Earth? -Inspired by Chandani Latey, AB'93 

The word floccinaucinihilipilification is the act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant or of having no value. It originated in the mid-18th century from the Latin words "floccus," "naucum," "nihilum," and "pilus"—all words meaning “of little use.” Coin your own word using parts from any language you choose, tell us its meaning, and describe the plausible (if only to you) scenarios in which it would be most appropriately used.  -Inspired by Ben Zhang, Class of 2022 

Lost your keys? Alohomora. Noisy roommate? Quietus. Feel the need to shatter windows for some reason? Finestra. Create your own spell, charm, jinx, or other means for magical mayhem. How is it enacted? Is there an incantation? Does it involve a potion or other magical object? If so, what's in it or what is it? What does it do?  -Inspired by Emma Sorkin, Class of 2021 

Imagine you’ve struck a deal with the Dean of Admissions himself, Dean Nondorf. It goes as follows: you’re guaranteed admission to the University of Chicago regardless of any circumstances that arise. This bond is grounded on the condition that you’ll obtain a blank, 8.5 x 11 piece of paper, and draw, write, sketch, shade, stencil, paint etc., anything and everything you want on it; your only limitations will be the boundaries of both sides on the single page. Now the catch… your submission, for the rest of your life, will always be the first thing anyone you meet for the first time will see. Whether it’s at a job interview, a blind date, arrival at your first Humanities class, before you even say, “hey,” they’ll already have seen your page, and formulated that first impression. Show us your page. What’s on it, and why? If your piece is largely or exclusively visual, please make sure to share a creator's accompanying statement of at least 300 words, which we will happily allow to be on its own, separate page. PS: This is a creative thought experiment, and selecting this essay prompt does not guarantee your admission to UChicago. -Inspired by Amandeep Singh Ahluwalia, Class of 2022

Cats have nine lives, Pac-Man has three lives, and radioactive isotopes have half-lives. How many lives does something else—conceptual or actual—have, and why? -Inspired by Kendrick Shin, Class of 2019

If there’s a limited amount of matter in the universe, how can Olive Garden (along with other restaurants and their concepts of food infinity) offer truly unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks? Explain this using any method of analysis you wish—physics, biology, economics, history, theology… the options, as you can tell, are endless.  -Inspired by Yoonseo Lee, Class of 2023 

A hot dog might be a sandwich, and cereal might be a soup, but is a ______ a ______? -Inspired by Arya Muralidharan, Class of 2021 (and dozens of others who, this year and in past years, have submitted the question “Is a hot dog a sandwich,” to which we reply, “maybe”)

“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.” – Jessamyn West -Inspired by Elizabeth Mansfield, Class of 2020

How to Write a Compelling Personal Statement for University of Chicago Law School

Learn how to craft a winning personal statement for University of Chicago Law School with our comprehensive guide.

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If you're applying to the University of Chicago Law School, you know that competition for admission is fierce. The admissions committee looks for candidates who are not only academically strong but who also have unique experiences, achievements, and personal qualities that set them apart from other applicants. That's where your personal statement comes in. This crucial document is your chance to showcase your strengths, explain any weaknesses, and demonstrate why you're an excellent fit for UChicago's law school program. In this article, we'll walk you through the process of crafting a compelling personal statement that will impress the admissions committee and increase your chances of being admitted to UChicago's law school program.

Understanding the Importance of a Personal Statement in Law School Admissions

Before we dive into the specifics of how to write a compelling personal statement for UChicago Law School, let's talk about why this document is so important. Your personal statement is essentially your sales pitch to the admissions committee. It's your chance to explain why you're an exceptional candidate who would be an asset to UChicago's law school program. Unlike your transcripts and test scores, which only tell part of your story, your personal statement allows you to provide the admissions committee with a more complete picture of who you are, what you've accomplished, and what motivates you.

One of the key reasons why a personal statement is so important in law school admissions is that it can help you stand out from other applicants. Admissions committees receive thousands of applications each year, and many of these applicants have similar academic backgrounds and test scores. Your personal statement is your opportunity to differentiate yourself from the crowd and showcase your unique qualities and experiences.

Another reason why a personal statement is crucial is that it can demonstrate your writing skills and ability to communicate effectively. As a law student and future lawyer, strong writing skills are essential. Your personal statement is a chance to showcase your ability to write persuasively, coherently, and with clarity. This can give the admissions committee confidence in your ability to succeed in law school and in your future legal career.

Researching the University of Chicago Law School and Its Admissions Process

Before you start writing your personal statement, it's crucial to do your research on UChicago's law school program and its admissions process. Look at the school's website, read their mission statement, and study the curriculum to gain a deeper understanding of what UChicago is looking for in its students.

You should also take the time to familiarize yourself with the admissions process, including deadlines, required documents, and any special requirements or guidelines for personal statements. This will help you tailor your statement to UChicago's specific requirements and increase your chances of impressing the admissions committee.

Another important aspect to consider when researching UChicago's law school program is the faculty and their areas of expertise. Take a look at the faculty directory and read up on their research interests and publications. This can give you an idea of the types of courses and opportunities that may be available to you as a student.

Additionally, it's a good idea to reach out to current students or alumni of UChicago's law school to get their perspective on the program. You can connect with them through social media or professional networking sites, or attend law school fairs and events where UChicago representatives may be present. Hearing firsthand experiences can give you valuable insights into the culture and community of the school, as well as tips for navigating the admissions process.

Choosing a Topic for Your Personal Statement

Once you've done your research, it's time to start brainstorming ideas for your personal statement. Remember, the goal is to showcase your unique qualities and experiences, so avoid generic topics that won't set you apart from other candidates. Some possible topics for your personal statement include:

• A significant life experience that shaped your worldview
• An academic or professional accomplishment that demonstrates your skills and abilities
• A personal challenge you've overcome and how it has influenced your decision to pursue law
• A passion or interest that connects to the law and UChicago's values

Choose a topic that you're truly passionate about and that allows you to highlight your strengths and showcase your personality.

It's important to keep in mind that your personal statement should not only showcase your strengths, but also demonstrate your fit with the law school you're applying to. Research the school's values, mission, and programs to see how your personal statement can align with them. For example, if the school has a strong focus on public interest law, you may want to highlight your experiences and interests in that area. By demonstrating your fit with the school, you can show the admissions committee that you're not only a strong candidate, but also a good match for their program.

Crafting a Strong Introduction that Captivates the Reader

Now that you have your topic, it's time to start writing your personal statement. Your introduction is the first thing the admissions committee will read, so it's essential to make it strong and captivating. Consider starting with a quote, anecdote, or personal story that hooks the reader's attention and makes them want to keep reading. You might also open with a question or a bold statement that highlights your passion for law and UChicago's program.

Another effective way to start your personal statement is by providing some background information about yourself. This could include your academic achievements, work experience, or any relevant extracurricular activities. By doing so, you can establish your credibility and demonstrate why you are a strong candidate for UChicago's law program.

It's important to remember that your introduction should not only be attention-grabbing but also relevant to your topic. Make sure to tie your opening statement to the rest of your personal statement and explain how it relates to your interest in law and UChicago's program. This will help you maintain the reader's interest and keep them engaged throughout your essay.

Highlighting Your Achievements and Experiences that Align with UChicago's Values

After your introduction, the body of your personal statement should focus on highlighting your achievements and experiences that align with UChicago's values and demonstrate why you're an excellent fit for the school's law program. You might discuss your academic accomplishments, professional experiences, or volunteer work that showcase your skills and dedication to the law. You might also discuss any challenges you've overcome or personal qualities, such as leadership or resilience, that make you uniquely qualified for UChicago's program.

One way to showcase your alignment with UChicago's values is to discuss any experiences you've had working with diverse communities or advocating for social justice. UChicago values a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and highlighting your experiences in this area can demonstrate your dedication to these values.

Additionally, you might discuss any research or writing you've done that aligns with UChicago's interdisciplinary approach to law. UChicago's law program emphasizes the intersection of law with other fields, such as economics, philosophy, and sociology. If you've conducted research or written papers that explore these intersections, be sure to highlight them in your personal statement.

Conveying Your Passion for Law and Motivation to Attend UChicago

In addition to highlighting your achievements and experiences, your personal statement should also convey your passion for law and your motivation for attending UChicago's law school program specifically. Discuss why you're passionate about law, what inspired you to pursue a legal career, and what you hope to achieve through your law studies. Consider discussing why UChicago's program is the best fit for you and how it aligns with your goals and values.

Furthermore, it is important to showcase how your past experiences and skills have prepared you for a legal career and how UChicago's program can help you further develop those skills. You can also discuss any specific courses, clinics, or professors at UChicago that you are excited to learn from and how they can contribute to your growth as a legal professional. By demonstrating your knowledge of UChicago's program and how it can help you achieve your goals, you can show the admissions committee that you are a strong candidate for their law school program.

Avoiding Common Mistakes in Personal Statements

As you write your personal statement, it's essential to avoid common mistakes that can hurt your chances of being admitted to UChicago's law school program. These mistakes include:

• Being too generic or formulaic
• Trying to cover too much ground
• Focusing on achievements instead of personal qualities
• Being too self-promoting or boastful
• Using overly formal or academic language

To avoid these mistakes, make sure your personal statement sounds authentic and true to your personality. Use specific examples and anecdotes to illustrate your points and showcase your accomplishments and experiences. Write in a clear, concise, and compelling style that is easy to read and engaging.

Another common mistake to avoid in personal statements is being too negative or critical. While it's important to be honest about challenges or setbacks you've faced, it's equally important to focus on how you overcame them and what you learned from those experiences. Avoid dwelling on negative aspects of your life or blaming others for your difficulties. Instead, emphasize your resilience, determination, and problem-solving skills. Remember, your personal statement should showcase your strengths and potential as a law school candidate.

Proofreading and Editing Your Personal Statement to Perfection

Once you've finished writing your personal statement, take the time to proofread and edit it to perfection. Check for spelling and grammar errors, ensure your paragraphs flow smoothly, and use formatting to make it visually appealing. Consider asking a friend or mentor to review your personal statement for feedback and suggestions.

Tips from Successful UChicago Law School Applicants on Writing a Winning Personal Statement

Finally, to give you an edge in the application process, here are some tips from successful UChicago law school applicants on writing a winning personal statement:

• Be authentic and true to yourself
• Showcase your unique qualities and experiences
• Avoid cliches and common topics
• Use concrete examples and anecdotes to illustrate your points
• Write in a clear, concise, and compelling style
• Proofread and edit your personal statement thoroughly

By following these tips and guidelines, you can craft a compelling personal statement that will increase your chances of being admitted to UChicago's law school program. Remember, the personal statement is your chance to showcase who you are and why you're the perfect fit for UChicago, so make it count! Good luck!

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By Eric Eng

What Are the Requirements For UChicago Law School?

Every year, the UChicago law school acceptance rate is from a pool of about 5,000 applications received for the approximately 195-strong entering students. Every completed application is examined by the admissions committee.

Along with a JD/MBA, Chicago Law also offers several dual-degree programs in fields like public policy, international relations, and religious studies. The law school also runs several certificate-granting programs, including one in business leadership and another in health administration and policy.

The distinctive Doctoroff Business Leadership Program integrates components of the MBA program into a certificate to train aspiring attorneys to “speak the language” of the corporate world for applicants interested in financial statements, capital structures, and complex transactions.

The International Immersion Program at UChicago Law takes students to host nations to study a topic of that nation’s law, giving them the chance to interact with lawyers, judges, and policymakers while doing so. In the past, programs have concentrated on places like China, France, Japan, and Cuba.

The UChicago Law School Committee has always taken each applicant’s unique circumstances into account as part of this procedure. It shall keep using these procedures while being more aware of the difficulties posed by COVID-19, affecting standardized test taking, research, travel, internships, employment, and many other activities.

UChicago Law will evaluate applicants in this cycle and subsequent cycles with these significant impacts in mind due to the unprecedented difficulties brought on by COVID-19.

When analyzing test outcomes, The Law School will also take these substantial consequences into account. However, the school will continue to demand the LSAT or GRE for admission to law school and the GMAT, GRE, or LSAT for admission to the JD/MBA program due to the accreditation criteria of the American Bar Association.

Moreover, the LSAC will provide access to all application materials, which will thereafter be sent directly to the Law School. Paper application materials or revisions to your application will not be accepted; thus, students are not encouraged to mail them. You must submit any updates electronically. You may check the school’s policies on updating your application.

Now, let’s proceed to answer the query “What are the requirements for UChicago Law School?” with the list of required and optional materials needed to get into the UChicago law school acceptance rate.

Application Requirements

Application.

The LSAC Flexible Application must be filled out completely by applicants. JD program applicants must submit just one application. In the application, you will be able to specify whether you are applying Regular Decision or Early Decision (including through the Chicago Law Scholars Program).

All Undergraduate and Graduate School Transcripts

You must present all your undergraduate and graduate school transcripts, which show your academic history throughout all undergraduate and graduate institutions. Even if you withdrew and received no credit, you are still required to provide a transcript for every university you attended. All applicants must use the LSAC Credential Assembly Service (CAS) to submit their transcripts.

Standardized Test

As part of the Law School’s pilot program, applicants have the choice of submitting the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), Graduate Record Examination (GRE), or Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) . To meet the standardized exam requirement, the LSAT-Flex, GRE General Test at Home, and GMAT Online Exam will be accepted. Please refer to the information below for the GMAT Online Exam.

Before the Admissions Committee reviews your application, a recent LSAT, GRE, or GMAT score (obtained within the last five years) must be on file.

• LSAT: Use LSAC to send your LSAT results to the Law School, including any LSAT-Flex scores. All LSAT scores obtained during the previous five years must be submitted. Please be aware that for your file to be marked complete, you must have at least one LSAT writing sample on it (either from a prior paper exam or from the digital LSAT Writing). Please remember to finish the LSAT Writing if you haven’t previously.
• GRE: Use the Educational Testing Service (ETS) code 2577 to designate the University of Chicago Law School as the recipient when submitting GRE scores (including any GRE General Test at Home scores) to the law school. All GRE scores obtained during the previous five years must be submitted.
• GMAT: You may submit a GMAT score (including GMAT Online Exam scores) in place of the LSAT or GRE if you are currently enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Chicago and wish to pursue a dual degree in law with the University of Chicago Law School or if you are concurrently applying to pursue a dual degree with the University of Chicago Law School and a graduate program in another division of the University of Chicago.

GMAT scores should be sent to the Law School with the appropriate designation: (1) The Law School – Joint Degree Programs, (2) The Law School – Joint Degree Programs, or (3) The Law School – JD/MPP Harris School of Public Policy (code H9X-2D-32). All GMAT scores obtained during the previous five years must be submitted.

UChicago Law requires a thorough resume that lists your educational background, extracurricular activities , community service, and all full- or part-time employment history. Please provide how much time is spent on each activity or job each week. When your schooling or work history has been disrupted for a lengthier time than a typical vacation, you should mention what you did throughout that time.

Letters of Recommendation

Up to four letters of recommendation may be sent, but only two are required. Your letters of recommendation must be submitted via the CAS Letter of Recommendation Service. Unless you specifically request via email that the Admissions Office hold off until any additional letters are received, then they will consider your application complete after they receive two letters of recommendation.

Personal Statement

Every application must include a personal statement, which gives you the chance to identify yourself to the admissions committee. It should showcase both your ability to successfully express your ideas and your contribution to the Law School community outside of the classroom.

Application Fee

When you submit your application through LSAC, you must pay the $90 (U.S. money only) application fee with a credit card. From the time the application is made available on September 1 through the application deadline on March 1 of each year, fee waiver requests are accepted.

Proof of English Language Proficiency

All applicants must be proficient in English according to the University of Chicago guidelines. The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) internet-based test (iBT) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic must be submitted by applicants who do not meet the waiver requirements listed below. It should be noted that candidates for the IELTS must take the Academic Reading and Writing test, not the General Training Reading and Writing test.

Waiver Criteria:

• You have used English as your primary language of communication and instruction since you were a young child.
• You have attended an accredited English-medium post-secondary institution for at least one academic year in full-time status in one of the following nations or territories within the past ten years: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The exemption does not apply to education received at English-medium institutions in other nations or territories. Attendance at a high school or secondary school, as well as research-based or part-time programs that did not need a full-time English curriculum, do not qualify a candidate for exemption.

Optional Materials

• Addenda – You are welcome to submit supplemental addenda to emphasize subjects you would like them to focus on. This contains Undergraduate and/or Standardized Test Performance as well as Diversity Statement. You do not need to submit a second addendum on any of the following subjects if you previously covered them in your personal statement.
• Doctoroff Business Leadership Program Statement – Required for applicants to the program. The Doctoroff Business Leadership Program is a selective certificate-granting program that integrates the best of the MBA curriculum into its esteemed, three-year legal education. It offers students the analytical and business training they will need to thrive in today’s complex business environment, whether as corporate lawyers, in-house counsels, business leaders, or entrepreneurs.
• JD/Ph.D. Essay – If you have a Ph.D., working on a Ph.D., or are applying to a Ph.D. program concurrently, you are encouraged to submit a one-page optional essay outlining your research and academic interests, your professional goals, and how obtaining a JD would help you advance your research and accomplish your objectives.

How Many Years Is A UChicago Law Degree?

How many years is a UChicago law degree? All J.D. students must attend Law School full-time for nine quarters, taking a minimum of nine credit hours per quarter. This equates to studying full-time for three years. All those credit hours need to be earned successfully (i.e., students must pass and receive credit toward their J.D. degree).

With the UChicago academic calendar following a quarter system, students can enroll in more courses than they could with the semester system.  The foundational courses for law school, including contracts, torts, property, criminal law, civil process, and a one-year course in research and writing, are taken in the first year.

The Quarter System also permits additional courses, including the distinctive multidisciplinary Elements of the Law course, as well as electives and courses on transactional lawyering, legislative and statutory law, constitutional law, and legislative history.

This program gives you a broad foundation in legal knowledge, fosters your capacity to reason legally, improves your writing skills, and introduces you to interdisciplinary legal theories. You can select classes from the more than 200 classes offered at UChicago in the second and third years.

How Much Does It Cost To Go To Law School At UChicago?

How much does it cost to go to law school at UChicago? The estimated cost of attending law school for the 2023–2024 academic year is provided below.

All law students are obliged to have sufficient medical insurance coverage, according to estimates. If a student can show that they have comparable coverage through their own plan, they are not required to enroll in the university’s plan.

The actual budget for each student will be different from this average budget depending on their preferences and situation. But keep in mind that the University will evaluate your financial need for loans and scholarships based on this budget, which it employs for all law students.

What Is the Acceptance Rate For UChicago Law School?

If you wonder how selective this school is, let’s find out what is the acceptance rate for UChicago Law School. The UChicago law school acceptance rate for the recent admissions cycle was 14.2%, with 5,246 applicants receiving admission offers out of 747. The first-year class at the University of Chicago Law School comprises 203 students. Out of the 747 applicants who were offered admission, 203 students decided to enroll, translating to a student yield rate of 24.4%.

Here’s some information about the representatives of the UChicago law school acceptance rate for the previous class’ admissions statistics indicated  in UChicago Law School website.

Class of 2025 JD Class Profile

How Can You Increase Your Chances Of Getting Into UChicago Law School?

It is true that UChicago uses a holistic approach, as you will frequently hear. The school is trying to enroll a highly-diversified class; thus, there is no single factor that is solely determinative of the admittance to the UChicago law school acceptance rate . As an aspiring law student, you might ask, “How can you increase your chances of getting into UChicago Law School?” It’s crucial to bear in mind how UChicago evaluates the application’s various components.

English Proficiency

According to UChicago, a student won’t be able to thrive in the program if they are unable to communicate vocally with their classmates or write at a proficient level in English. As a result, the TOEFL or IELTS score is crucial. Most of their students have scores considerably above the minimum requirements, which are 104 on the TOEFL and 7.5 on the IELTS.

Academic Achievement

UChicago Law School is searching for kids who have demonstrated a propensity for success in an academic setting, as one might anticipate. Transcripts, academic accolades, information on class rank, and any other signs of the potential for academic success will therefore be crucial.

Professional Background

Most of the participants in the program have at least some work experience. Thus, post-qualification experience is highly valued. In a particular class, an average of five years is common. Students with professional experience engage in more in-depth discussion and debate in the classroom and have a better grasp of how to make use of the opportunities and the network made available to them during the program.

Despite this, prior experience is not required to apply to the program. Therefore, each year, they welcome a small number of students in the UChicago law school acceptance rate who have little to no prior experience. In cases where an applicant lacks experience, they will highly weigh their prior academic record while evaluating their application.

Character Reference Letters

From application to application and letter to letter, UChicago Law assigns different weights to recommendation letters. You can decide if these letters are from academics or professionals. However, it is crucial that the person writing the recommendation has some experience supervising your work and can assess your potential for success in a demanding academic program.

People who are familiar with UChicago or the requirements of US law schools, in general, tend to write the most helpful letters. Although they are tremendously helpful, letters from UChicago graduates do not guarantee admission.

Personal Statements

The personal statements help the school determine how committed a candidate is to UChicago. Has the candidate done any specific study on the program? Are their objectives in line with what makes UChicago special? Do they simply use the same personal statement for several schools?

There is, however, one crucial point to remember. While a highly well-written statement won’t have the same positive value as a poorly written one, both can have a very negative impact on the application as a whole. So, take your time and research thoroughly, but try not to worry too much about the personal statement.

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The 7 UChicago Essay Prompts: How to Write Stellar Responses

College Essays

The University of Chicago is famous for its unique essay topics. They're some of the most creative and off-the-wall essay prompts you'll see when applying to colleges, and it can sometimes be confusing to know how to tackle them.

What should you write about in your UChicago essays? How can you show that you're intelligent, creative, and worthy of a place at their school? As someone who spent a long time on my UChicago essays (and who got into the school), I've figured out exactly what UChicago is looking for in these essays.

 Read on to learn all about the UChicago essays, what the admissions team expects to see in your responses, what topics you should write about, and which topics you should avoid. In this guide, we also suggest sample essay ideas for each of the 2022/2023 UChicago supplement essay prompts and analyze past University of Chicago essay samples so you can see what a great UChicago essay looks like.

What Are the UChicago Essays?

Before you can begin figuring out how you'll write your UChicago essays, you should know which prompts you'll be seeing and the rules for each one. You'll need to write two essays, and the UChicago essay prompts you must answer are commonly referred to as Question 1 and Question 2.

Question 1: Why UChicago?

The Question 1 prompt is the only UChicago supplement essay that stays the same each year, and it's also the only prompt that all applicants must answer (for Question 2 you'll have multiple prompts to choose from).

For this question, you'll need to write an essay that explains why you want to attend the University of Chicago and why you think the school is a good fit for you and your goals. UChicago doesn't have strict word limits for essays, but they suggest a response of 1-2 pages.

Here's the prompt:

How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago.

The nice part about this prompt is that it's a pretty standard "why this school" essay . And luckily for you, we have a complete guide that walks you through how to knock this type of essay out of the park.

Question 2: Extended Essay

For Question 2, you have a choice of six essay prompts, and you'll choose the one you want to respond to. The essay prompts for this question change every year, and while there are always around six prompts, some years there may be one more or one less to choose from.

These are the more unique and offbeat essay prompts that UChicago is known for. Many of them were created by UChicago alumni and current students. Again, UChicago asks you submit a response 1-2 pages long.

Below are the essay prompts for the 2022/2023 school year.

Essay Option 2: “Where have all the flowers gone?” – Pete Seeger. Pick a question from a song title or lyric and give it your best answer.

Essay Option 3: “Vlog,” “Labradoodle,” and “Fauxmage.” Language is filled with portmanteaus. Create a new portmanteau and explain why those two things are a “patch” (perfect match).

Essay Option 4: A jellyfish is not a fish. Cat burglars don’t burgle cats. Rhode Island is not an island. Write an essay about some other misnomer, and either come up with and defend a new name for it or explain why its inaccurate name should be kept.

Essay Option 5: Despite their origins in the Gupta Empire of India or Ancient Egypt, games like chess or bowling remain widely enjoyed today. What modern game do you believe will withstand the test of time, and why?

Essay Option 6: And, as always… the classic choose your own adventure option! In the spirit of adventurous inquiry, choose one of our past prompts (or create a question of your own). Be original, creative, thought provoking. Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk, and have fun!

The world is your oyster when it comes to answering UChicago essay prompts.

How to Answer the University of Chicago Essay Prompts

In this section, we explain what UChicago wants to see in your essays, give ideas for topics to write about for each of the essays, and discuss topics you are better off avoiding.

For this University of Chicago supplement essay, UChicago wants to know why you want to attend their school, what you hope to get out of attending, and how University of Chicago will help you achieve their goals. Basically, they want to know why you think their school is a better fit for you than all the other schools out there. For more analysis of this essay, check out our in-depth guide to the Why UChicago essay .

What Do They Want to See in Your Response?

The "why our school?" is probably the most common essay prompt you'll see on college applications. Why do schools, including UChicago, ask this question?

UChicago wants to first see that you really want to go to their school. Students who love a school are more likely to accept an offer of admission and attend it, and they are more likely to be committed to their studies, participate in extracurriculars, and give back after they graduate. Your passion for UChicago should be shining through in this essay.

Next, UChicago wants to see that you've done your research on their school and have an idea of what opportunities you want to take advantage of while there. You can do this by mentioning specific things you like about UChicago or that you plan to take advantage of as a student there. Potential things to discuss include professors you admire or are interested in working with, specific classes you want to take, and extracurriculars you want to participate in.

Finally, UChicago wants to see that you are a good match for their school. Your essay should explain how you'll make the best use of what UChicago offers, how your strengths match the opportunities they provide, and how UChicago will help you reach your goals for the future.

Potential Topics to Write About

There are many ways you could approach this essay prompt; although since UChicago is best known for its academics (as opposed to killer sports teams, for example), most people will discuss the academic side for at least part of their response. Below is a list of possible topics; most people will discuss one to three topics in their essay.

• Majors or classes you're especially interested in
• UChicago's core curriculum
• Professors whose work you admire and whom you'd like to study with or conduct research with
• Unique events like Scav and Kuviasungnerk/Kangeiko
• Research opportunities you'd like to have
• University of Chicago students you've met who you admire
• Volunteer opportunities
• Financial aid opportunities UChicago offers that make it possible for you to attend

Topics to Avoid

The key here is to avoid generic topics that could apply to practically any school or any student. You want it to be clear in your response what opportunities the University of Chicago offers you that no other school does and how you're going to make use of them. Topics that won't show this include discussing:

• How pretty the campus is
• Chicago weather
• The food on campus
• Where UChicago places on college ranking lists
• Your future major and career path without connecting it back to what UChicago offers
• Bashing other schools

The extended essay is when you can get especially creative. These prompts require you to move outside your comfort zone of typical essay topics and answer in a way that gives readers insight into who you are and what you care about. Remember: Question 2 is required, but you have six different prompts to choose from for this essay response.

Your response to Question 1 is meant to show what you like about UChicago and how you’re going to make the most of the opportunities it offers. Question 2 is less about UChicago and more about you. The admissions team wants to see who you are and what's important to you. Three main things they'd like to see in your essay response are:

• Your personality
• Your thirst for knowledge

Who are you? What have been the important events in your life? What kind of person are you? What do you love learning about? These are the questions UChicago wants you to answer. They want to know what's important to you, what events from your past shaped you, what kind of person you are now, and what you want to accomplish in the future. 

UChicago is particularly interested in students who love learning and have a lot of interests in different fields and topics. A mathematician who also does ballet? A creative writing major who started her own business? Bring it on! Make sure to show your love for learning in your essay.

Your passions and goals don't always need to be lofty though; in the second example essay below you can see how the writer took a quirky interest and managed to connect it to larger ideas. If you can connect one of your pet passions to an essay topic, do so!

The great thing about these UChicago essay prompts is you can write about almost anything you want to since they're so different from each other and give you lots of chances to be creative. And you can tackle it from any angle you want. On their website , UChicago states that "[This essay] can be approached with utter seriousness, complete fancy, or something in between." Just remember, you want this essay to give UChicago a good idea of the type of person you are and what's important to you.

Essay Option 1

Exponents and square roots, pencils and erasers, beta decay and electron capture. Name two things that undo each other and explain why both are necessary.

You're allowed to let your imagination run wild with this prompt. You should try to find a pair of objects that the admissions panel didn’t think of, something wholly original that only you would think of. For this prompt, they want to see how imaginative you can be, but the most important part of this essay is justifying why your pairing makes sense and why it matters . The pair you choose will show off your personality, creativity, and cultural experiences. 

Make your response as wacky and original as you like, but remember to tie it back to yourself and your interests a nd/or potential major. For instance, say you go with the idea of an art conservator and the passage of time. You could discuss how time degrades the materials of a work of art, and then an art conservationist revitalizes the work, only to have the passage of time wear it down again. This would be an excellent segue into writing about your interest in history, creative writing, or U Chicago’s Department of Art History Conservation Science Teaching Program . 

You could also write about how you developed an interest in these subjects, and what other interests you have could be applicable . Weaving your story into your essay will show UChicago that you’re creative and intellectually curious. This can include your niche interests, quirky hobbies, or pet projects.

Essay Option 2

“Where have all the flowers gone?” – Pete Seeger. Pick a question from a song title or lyric and give it your best answer.

This is a classic UChicago question that allows you to answer the question literally...or not. (The year I applied, the version of this question was "Describe your table.") So, if this exemple were your actual song lyric, you address, where have all the flowers gone? You could answer this literally and describe how, for instance, flowers are changing colors in response to climate change . Perhaps you could then discuss your interest in horticulture and what led you to pursue that field.

Or (as always with UChicago essays), you can take it in a totally unexpected direction. This prompt is a chance to put your interpretive and reasoning skills into action. In fact, you could almost think of it like a riddle, except that the answer is anything that you can come up with and justify:

“Where Do Broken Hearts Go?” A valid question in a world where loneliness has been declared a public health emergency and social isolation can increase the likelihood of heart disease by as much as 29% ! 

“Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio?” Likely not, considering radio listening has been trending downward for years, especially amongst young listeners and Rock Music is at the lowest point in its popularity since about 1960 . Where does this leave you, a young would-be guitar player with an interest in U Chicago’s ethnomusicology program ?

“Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?” Perhaps you do, considering recent studies show a decline in empathy and corresponding rise in narcissism .

You get the idea. Whatever question you choose, don’t worry too much about having a great answer for it; the idea is to find a context for the question that is meaningful to you and relates to your interests , which will give UChicago insight into your values and personality, two things they want to see in these essays!

Essay Option 3

“Vlog,” “Labradoodle,” and “Fauxmage.” Language is filled with portmanteaus. Create a new portmanteau and explain why those two things are a “patch” (perfect match).

This prompt is a bit sillier, but you still have the chance to show U Chicago your personality and unique worldview. This prompt gives you a chance to play with language and create something that expresses a meaning that we don’t have a word for. The best way to go about this is to think of two areas that are important to you and find a pair of rhyming words related to each and combine them.

So, for instance, if you’re math-oriented but somewhat spiritual, you could take words from both mathematics and spirituality, and come up with something like “stamystics” (statistics+mystics). You could talk about how you became interested in math and how it relates to your spirituality, and so forth.

If you are more interested in sports than spirituality, you could come up with something like “mathleticism.” You could write about how you had to train your mind in order to grasp difficult or advanced mathematical concepts and, inversely, how your understanding of math deepens your appreciation of sports.

What U Chicago is looking for here is how you can connect two seemingly unrelated concepts and find a bridge between them. They’re looking for problem-solving in addition to insight into your personality.

Essay Option 4

A jellyfish is not a fish. Cat burglars don’t burgle cats. Rhode Island is not an island. Write an essay about some other misnomer, and either come up with and defend a new name for it or explain why its inaccurate name should be kept.

This prompt gives you an opportunity to think about familiar things in a new way. We probably don’t think much about peanuts not being nuts, but it’s obvious once you think about it that they are legumes. But, on the other hand, they are also closely related to peas–so the name has some validity. Even though they’re not actually nuts, they do taste like nuts…so is it wrong to call them nuts? Think about other examples that exist in your fields of interest.

And of course, be sure to let your experiences, interests, and values shape the way you rename or defend your misnomer . That way, UChicago will get a good idea of who you are and what’s meaningful to you!

Essay Option 5

Despite their origins in the Gupta Empire of India or Ancient Egypt, games like chess or bowling remain widely enjoyed today. What modern game do you believe will withstand the test of time, and why?

This prompt is your chance to be more overtly academic in your response . In writing about how this game will remain relevant in the future, you’ll be able to show your knowledge of history, culture, politics, economics, religion, scientific discovery…and so on! Choose a game that interests you in some way that you can tie into your personal history and academic interests. 

While brainstorming possible games will be really fun, the most important part of this essay is justifying why you think something that’s relevant today will continue to be relevant in the future. Think about what cultural, social, and political changes could be possible and what the implications of that could be for people today. As long as you’re creative, descriptive, and thorough, your response can range from serious to silly and meet the requirements for this prompt.

Essay Option 6

And, as always… the classic choose your own adventure option! In the spirit of adventurous inquiry, choose one of our past prompts (or create a question of your own). Be original, creative, thought provoking. Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk, and have fun!

If you aren't feeling any of the other five optional prompts, you can respond to this one, which asks you to choose and respond to a past UChicago optional essay prompt, or write and respond to your own prompt. With either option, you'll want to consider your identity, interests, strengths, and goals, and let those factors inform which prompt you choose, how you write your own prompt, and how you craft your response.

You may not feel up to the task of writing your own prompt, but you might like the idea of tracking down an old prompt that catches your eye. Read through the past prompts and consider which one will allow you to play to your strengths . If there's a particular experience or skill that you want to showcase in your response, select a prompt that is conducive to that.

Alternatively, if there's a specific experience you want to write about, you can write your own prompt and respond to it. To write your prompt, use the tone and structure of the existing UChicago prompts as a guide. It'll probably come as no surprise that your original prompt should fit right in with the ones provided on the application. This means you might have to be a little goofy, cryptic, or risky...and that's a good thing!

Though this option allows you to write your own prompt if you so choose, it's important to remember that your response to the prompt should still focus on showcasing who you are , what strengths you will bring to UChicago as a student, and why UChicago is the perfect place for you. Don't get too carried away trying to impress admissions with punny phrases or cryptic logic; be authentic, be bold, and be you.

Some people shy away from this prompt because they feel like it's "cheating" or less impressive to not follow one of the specific prompts that UChicago gives. However, this isn't true! As long as you write a compelling essay that gives readers a better insight into who you are, your essay will strengthen your application. For what it's worth, when I applied to UChicago, this is the prompt I chose, and I was still accepted to the school.

UChicago wants you to be creative here, so there aren't many topics that are off limits. However, you're trying to convince them that you'd be a great and interesting student to add to their school, so make sure you use your essay to show who you are and why UChicago would want to admit you.

This means you should avoid responses that don't give readers a good idea of who you are. For example, if you choose essay option 1, don't just state that “taco cat” is funny because it reminds you of your favorite meme. Instead, tie it back to yourself and your life by explaining its relevance, like making tacos with your abuela and fending off the family cat’s attempts to steal tacos. 

Because these prompts are creative, it can be easy to run away with them, but always remember to answer the prompt completely and give UChicago better insight into who you are.

Additionally, don't feel that certain University of Chicago essay prompts are "better" or more impressive than others . UChicago wouldn't have chosen these essay topics if they didn't think applicants could write outstanding responses to them, so please choose the prompt that you feel you can write the best essay for.

University of Chicago Essay Examples

In this section are two University of Chicago essay examples, each written by an accepted applicant.

Below each UChicago supplement essay we discuss what makes the essay work so well.

Dear University of Chicago,

And now you inquire as to my wishes? They're simple, accept me for who I am! Why can't you just love and not ask why? Not ask about my assets or my past? I'm living in the now, I'm waiting for you to catch up, but you're too caught up in my past, I offer us a future together, not a past to dwell upon. Whenever I'm around you, I just get that tingle deep inside me that tells me you're the one; you have that air of brilliance and ingenuity that I crave in a person, you're so mature and sophisticated, originality is really your strongest and most admirable trait. I wish we could be together, I still think in my heart of hearts we were meant to be, but you have to meet me halfway, dear. I'm on one knee here with tears welling up in my eyes, the fireworks are timed and ready to light up the night sky for you, just say 'I accept...you.'

Why Does This Essay Work?

• Creative take on a standard prompt: The writer chose a very unique angle for this essay: comparing the University of Chicago to a lover. He's probably the first applicant to answer the essay prompt this way, which definitely makes this a memorable essay. In fact, UChicago loved this essay so much that they mailed it out to thousands of potential applicants (which actually got them a bit of backlash ). You absolutely don't have to take as unique an approach to this essay as the above writer did, but doing so can definitely help your essay stand out.
• It answers the entire prompt: Even though this is an unusual essay, the writer still manages to answer everything the prompt asks for. He mentions his goal for the future (to become a lawyer), mentions varied interests he has (the Gothic era, the philosopher Kierkegaard), and explains what he likes about UChicago (the brilliance, ingenuity, and originality the school offers). He even manages to mention that he visited campus three times, which shows a serious interest in the school. If you choose to write an especially offbeat essay, it's key to do what this essay did and still answer the prompt while being creative.

This essay is from several years ago, so it doesn't use a current prompt, but it's still helpful to read and analyze.

Share with us a few of your favorite books, poems, authors, films, plays, pieces of music, musicians, performers, paintings, artists, blogs, magazines, or newspapers. Feel free to touch on one, some, or all of the categories listed, or add a category of your own.

Now let's take a look at the successful essay:

The Illuminati changed my life. Three years ago, I found my first ambigram in one of my favorite novels, Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I turned the page, and there it was: the word "Illuminati" printed into the exact center of the book. It was styled like a newspaper masthead, exquisite and complex, yet oddly symmetric. Curious, I rotated the book upside-down.

Impossibly, the inverted word was still "Illuminati." Gazing closer, I realized that the letters, I-L-L-U-M, actually shaped into a flipped I-N-A-T-I. Suddenly, I was reading it in both directions. My eyes waltzed along the broad curves and sharp twists of the calligraphy, striking poses in a glamorous font against a sheet of creamy whiteness, sliding between the dense vertical strokes, peering at the edge of the defined serif as it angled away, then bent boldly toward me. Every line was deliberate, every flourish smiling with purpose, and the whole word balanced on the delicate cord that joined two letters into one. It was unforgettable.

Ambigrams are words that can be read from different directions. Actually, "ambigram" is an umbrella term that encompasses dozens of distinct types of visual wordplay. The most popular ones are rotational, mirror image, and-my personal favorites-symbiotic ambigrams, which can spell two different things when viewed normally and upside-down.

Compelled by the striking art, I could not help but try my own hand at designing ambigrams, and slowly I felt the pitiful stick-figure artist inside me shrink away as my inner energetic graphic designer sprang up. Before early volleyball tournaments, I work myself up by filling up pages and pages of experimental letter combinations, gleefully satisfied at the way that a rounded lowercase "a" was a perfect upside-down lowercase "e." In my AP Literature class, I drew "She's a witch!" which revealed, when flipped, "Communist" to reflect Arthur Miller's contemporary motives for writing The Crucible. On a challenge from a friend, I even drew an ambigram of "Jay-Z" and "Beyonce" on a bumpy bus ride back from a leadership retreat.

In the last few months, I have also practiced drawing ambigrams as fast as I can. I dream about the day when I can effortlessly write out a message saying "Hi, how are you today?" normally and "The password is cherry268" upside-down, without pausing or rotating the paper. I imagine a world in which everyone had this ability, and could literally write two things at once. How would that change communication? Encryption? Trust? My legs swing comfortably from this innovative edge, excited to take a stab at the answers.

The best part about the ambigram is that it refuses to define itself as just one thing. It is a linguistic passion, a cryptographic endeavor, an artistic design, and an ironic illusion. I relish the fact that ambigrams force both the artist and the audience to reject first glances and embrace secret identities.

This may just be a nerdy obsession, but ambigrams have taught me far more than how to sketch fancy words. Their multidimensional truth implies that my hobbies of both writing Italian sonnets and solving logical riddles are not opposing functions of my left and right brains, but rather, a perfect conglomeration of my passion for creating and solving puzzles. The beauty of the most surprising combinations reminds me to take bold risks in both my life and my designs.

Above all else, ambigrams have taught me that I can create the impossible. I can make true and false the same word depending on something as simple as a 180-degree head turn. Victory can be defeat. Open can be closed. Am amateur piano player with an obsession for cryptology can learn how to program iPhone apps and get the game-winning kill at the varsity volleyball championship. A girl with divorced parents can make time for both families, and an inspired teenager from California can write her name into world history--both normally and upside-down.

- Samantha M.

Why This Essay Works

• Shows passion: This essay focuses on a pretty unusual and specific topic: ambigrams. While many people may not even know what an ambigram is, the writer is clearly passionate about them. She discusses how much time she spends trying to create different ambigrams, what her goals for ambigram creating are, and some of her favorite ambigrams she's created. UChicago loves people who are passionate about something, even if it's an unusual or offbeat interest. It makes UChicago believe those students will bring that passion with them onto campus.
• Gives insight into the writer's personality: The majority of this essay is about the author's interest in ambigrams, but she also manages to cleverly slip in multiple other references to her personality and interests. From her essay, we learn that she's a volleyball player, writes Italian sonnets, and loves solving puzzles. Adding these details gives UChicago a fuller look at what makes her tick.
• Connects it to a bigger picture: The writer chose to write about a very specific topic—ambigrams—but was still able to connect that to bigger concepts, such as communication, truth, and how she's able to balance her different interests. She's able to take a quirky topic and show how it influences her worldview.

Final Advice: UChicago Essays

When answering the University of Chicago essay prompts, keep in mind that the main reason UChicago is reading these essays is to find out who you are as a person and if you'd be a good fit at their school.

The University of Chicago wants students who are passionate about learning, creative, are excited to make the most of their time on campus, and have big dreams for themselves, and the UChicago supplement questions are designed to help you show these sides of yourself to the school.

For the "Why UChicago?" prompt, you'll want to show the school why you want to go there, why you think you're a good fit for the school, and how UChicago will help you achieve your goals during college and beyond.

For the extended essay, you can (and should) be more creative. These UChicago essays are more "out there," and in your response, you should show your personality and passion for learning.

For both University of Chicago essays, remember to show who you are and what you're passionate about, include details about yourself and the school to help you stand out from other essays, and mention your plans and goals for the future.

What's Next?

If you want a more in-depth look how to write about Question 1, check out our guide to the Why UChicago Essay , which includes an additional sample essay along with analysis of how to answer this prompt.

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Lecturer in the Liberal Arts Program, 2016-18

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• “Against Idealism and Idealization: Marx’s Ideological Critiques:” Invited Paper, Oberlin College, September 2024; Invited Paper, Houston Colloquium in German Philosophy, March 2024; Invited Paper, Philosophy Seminar Series, Marquette University, October 2021
• “Marx on Good and Bad Work:” Invited Paper, International Workshop on Applied Ethics, Marquette University, May 2024
• “Democratic Equality in the New Gilded Age: A Conversation:” UW-Milwaukee, April 2024
• Marx Manuscript: Conference on Marx manuscript (J. Edwards and B. Leiter), University of Chicago, January 2024
• “Cosmopolitan Solidarity: Reconciling Freedom and Collective Action:” Conference Paper, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Society Conference, New Orleans, November 2023; Invited Paper, International Workshop on Applied ethics, Universidad San Sebastian in Santiago, Chile, September 2023
• “Assessing Marx’s Cosmopolitanism:” Conference Paper, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Society Conference, New Orleans, November 2023
• “Hegel on the Common Good and the Inevitable Bad:” Conference Paper, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Society Conference, New Orleans, November 2022
• “‘Everything is as it seems, and all is for the best!’: The Origin of Ideological Belief in Cognitive and Motivated Biases:” Invited Paper, McMaster University, December 2020; Invited Paper, Law and Philosophy Workshop, University of Chicago, February 2019; Invited Paper, “Strangers to Ourselves”: Themes from German Philosophy and Cognitive Science, University of Chicago, May 2017
• “On the Ruling Class and Their Ruling Ideas:” Conference Paper, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Society Conference, New Orleans, March 2020; Workshop Presentation, the Practical Philosophy Workshop, University of Chicago, January 2018
• “Products of Our Time: Bias, Ideology, Morality:” Invited Paper, Central APA, February 2020; Conference Paper, Western Michigan University Graduate Philosophy Conference, Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, December 2017; Conference Paper, Ethics and Political, Social and Legal Annual Conference, University of Michigan—Flint, November 2017; Conference Paper, Illinois Philosophical Association Conference, Northern Illinois University, October 2017
• “Ideal Theory, Ideal Thinkers, and Ideology:” Invited Paper, presented at an author-meets-critics symposium on Jonny Thakkar, Plato as Critical Theorist, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Society Conference, New Orleans, March 2019
• “Just Because They Say It, Doesn’t Make It So: On Group Consensus:” Conference Paper, Trust, Expert Opinion and Policy: A multidisciplinary conference investigating questions of trust in and the trustworthiness of expert opinion, University College, Dublin, August 2017

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• Faculty Fellow for Community Engagement, St. Norbert College, 2019-2020
• University of Bonn Fellowship. 7th International Summer School in German Philosophy, 2017
• University of Bonn Fellowship. 6th International Summer School in German Philosophy, 2016
• Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship. One year of full funding for dissertation research as an exchange student at the University of Bonn, 2014-15
• Center for Law, Philosophy, and Human Values (University of Chicago Law School) Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2014-15
• University of Chicago Fellowship, 2009-14

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• American Philosophical Association Committee for the Defense of the Professional Rights of Philosophers (2023-)

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