芝加哥大學本科國際生占比14%左右，在TOP級名校中，算是對大陸學生比較友好的名校之一，但門檻也依然很高，在公開的2024屆新生中，ACT中位數(shù)50%是34-35，SAT中位50%是1510-1560，往屆被錄取的學生中，大部分SAT是1510分以上，99％的錄取學生在其高中班級中排名前10％。
除了硬件條件要求高之外，芝加哥大學尤其看重文書部分，通過文書來看學生是什么樣子，學生是否有創(chuàng)造力，是否有堅強的個性，是否有敏銳的辨別能力。他們并不苛求學生能在每個方面都做到最好，但要有自己的優(yōu)勢，招生官們理想的候選人是能根據(jù)自己的興趣參與活動不斷發(fā)展和挖掘自己的長處。
因此，除了正常的申請文書之外，芝加哥大學還會讓學生提交一些比較奇葩的補充文書。芝加哥大學的文書題目一向以趣味性和獨特另類著稱，腦洞大開，創(chuàng)意題目十分考驗學生對于題目的理解力，讓申請者們又愛又恨。
芝加哥大學認為，這些文書是學生向招生官介紹自己，展示他們的品味和抱負的機會。小編覺得在普遍不提交標化成績的情況下，興許會有越來越多的美國大學嘗試這種方式，來檢驗學生是不是他們想要的人。
芝加哥大學補充文書題目是招生辦向每年新錄取的和當前的大學生發(fā)送電子郵件，并向他們詢問論文主題，因此，這些奇葩的題目都是你未來學長給你的下馬威。
芝加哥大學2021-2022申請季補充文書題目
Question 1 (必選)
您現(xiàn)在所知道的芝加哥大學如何滿足您對某種學習，社區(qū)和未來的渴望？請具體說明您自己的愿望以及它們與UChicago的關系。
這個必選題和往年保持了一致，相對來說，比較容易解決，但下面這些奇葩試題就很燒腦了。
Question 2: 擴展論文 (以下任選一題)
Essay Option 1
What if the moon were made of cheese? Or Neptune made of soap? Pick a celestial object, reimagine its material composition, and explore the implications. Feel free to explore the realms of physics, philosophy, fantasy…the sky is the limit!
—Inspired by Tate Flicker, Class of 2025
為什么月亮不能是奶酪做的？海王星不能是肥皂做的？選擇一個天體，重新想象一下它的組成物質(zhì)，并探索其含義。請盡情探索物理、哲學、幻想……不要有任何限制！
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Essay Option 2
What’s so easy about pie?
—Inspired by Arjun Kalia, Class of 2025
為什么做“派”這么簡單？
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Essay Option 3
In Homer’s Iliad, Helen had a “face that launched a thousand ships.” A millihelen, then, measures the beauty needed to launch one ship. The Sagan unit is used to denote any large quantity (in place of “billions and billions”). A New York Minute measures the period of time between a traffic light turning green and the cab behind you honking. Invent a new unit of measurement. How is it derived? How is it used? What are its equivalents?
—Inspired by Carina Kane, Class of 2024, and Ishaan Goel, Class of 2025
在荷馬的《伊利亞特》中，海倫有一張“能發(fā)射一千艘船的臉”。那么，一毫海倫可以衡量發(fā)射一艘船所需的美感。薩根單位用于表示任何大的數(shù)量（代替“十億和十億”）。紐約分鐘衡量的是交通燈變綠和您身后的出租車鳴喇叭之間的時間段。發(fā)明一種新的計量單位。它是如何推導出來的？它是如何使用的？它的等價物是什么？
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Essay Option 4
“There is no such thing as a new idea” - Mark Twain. Are any pieces of art, literature, philosophy, or technology truly original, or just a different combination of old ideas? Pick something, anything (besides yourself), and explain why it is, or is not, original.
—Inspired by Haina Lu, Class of 2022
“沒有所謂的新想法這種東西”——馬克吐溫。藝術、文學、哲學或技術的任何部分是真正原創(chuàng)的，還是只是舊思想的不同組合？挑選一些東西，任何東西（除了你自己），并解釋為什么它是，或者不是，原創(chuàng)。
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Essay Option 5
It‘s said that history repeats itself. But what about other disciplines? Choose another field (chemistry, philosophy, etc.) and explain how it repeats itself. Explain how it repeats itself.
—Inspired by Ori Brian, AB’19
據(jù)說歷史會重演。但是其他學科呢？選擇另一個領域（化學、哲學等）并解釋它如何重復。解釋它如何重復。
Essay Option 6
In the spirit of adventurous inquiry (and with the encouragement of one of our current students!) 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!
本著冒險的精神（在我們在校生的鼓勵下），選擇我們過去的問題之一（或提出您自己的問題）。具有原創(chuàng)性，創(chuàng)造力，發(fā)人深省。展現(xiàn)你作為作家，思想家，暢想家，社會評論家，賢哲，世界公民或芝加哥大學未來成員的特質(zhì)；冒冒險，祝你玩得開心！
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過去的題目，你敢嘗試嗎？小編隨便給大家摘抄幾個，你們感受下：
1、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
2、What can actually be divided by zero?
—Inspired by Mai Vu, Class of 2024
3、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
4、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
5、“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
怎么樣，看到這些奇葩的題目，敢不敢來挑戰(zhàn)一下自己？
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