芝加哥大学的申请文书非常有难度和深度，很多学生把握不好文书的思路和写作要点。在今年的全面大学招生会议上，芝加哥大学招生办主任Mr. James Nondorf 特别强调，申请芝加哥大学的学生中90%都是符合基本学术（GPA，标准化考试）要求的，他们重点考察的是申请文书。
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2016-17申请季芝加哥大学申请文书题目：
Choose one of the six extended essay options and upload a one- or two- page response.
1) What is square one, and can you actually go back to it?-Inspired by Maya Shaked, Class of 2018
2) Once, renowned physicist Werner Heisenberg said: “Thereis a fundamental error in separating the parts from the whole, the mistake ofatomizing what should not be atomized. Unity and complementarity constitutereality.” Whether it’s Georges Seurat’s pointillism in “A Sunday on La GrandeJatte,” the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, quantum physics, or any other field of yourchoosing, when can the parts be separated from the whole and when can they not?-Inspired by Ender Sahin, Class of 2020
3) The ball is in your court—a penny for your thoughts, butsay 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 ofcake. Create your own idiom, and tell us its origin—you know, the whole nineyards. PS: A picture is worth a thousand words. -Inspired by April Bell, Classof 2017, and Maya Shaked, Class of 2018 (It takes two to tango.)
4) Alice falls down the rabbit hole. Milo drives through thetollbooth. Dorothy is swept up in the tornado. Neo takes the red pill. Don’ttell 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 Chicagoas a portal to their future, but please choose another portal to write about.-Inspired by Raphael Hallerman, Class of 2020
5) Vestigiality refers to genetically determined structuresor attributes that have apparently lost most or all of their ancestralfunction, but have been retained during the process of evolution. In humans,for instance, the appendix is thought to be a vestigial structure. Describesomething vestigial (real or imagined) and provide an explanation for itsexistence. -Inspired by Tiffany Kim, Class of 2020
6) In the spirit of adventurous inquiry, pose your ownquestion or choose one of our past prompts. Be original, creative, thoughtprovoking. Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, socialcritic, sage, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University ofChicago; take a little risk, and have fun. You can find our past prompts here: http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/essay/past-essay-questions.
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