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众所周知，芝加哥大学除了“分控”外，每年的文书选题也是一绝。
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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.
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
我们都熟悉用" 绿眼睛"表达“嫉妒”或用“蓝色”表达"情绪低沉"，但你听说过"被抓到手染紫色"或者"被逗乐到有些发橙"这样的说法吗?
请给一个带有颜色元素的老套说法赋予新的色彩内涵，并告诉我们它所表达的意义。
——灵感来自 Ramsey Bottorff, 2026级
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
冥王星，这颗被降级的行星。蛇夫座，第十三个星座。安迪·穆雷，网球大满贯三巨头里的第四人。每个群体（集合）中总会有那么一个“异类”的成员。
请讨论一个群体(集合)及其非正式成员，请说明它是否应该被排斥在外，并且给出理由。
——灵感来自 Veronica Chang, 2022级
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 Name an outdated slang from any decade or language that you'd bring back and explain why you totally “dig it.”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!
芝大还列出了前几年的一些经典问题，大家可做参考：
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