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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Substance over form.

My DD enjoyed writing the “uncommon” essay. Actually, she answered two of the questions and was torn until the last minute which one to submit. [/quote]

This makes no sense. In fact, arguably a set length requires whittling away all unnecessary junk and no limit means many will ramble without substance.[/quote]

Unless - you can write without rambling. Both Elon and Jobs said during job interviews - if the person did the work they can talk about it. If you can detail your passion project then it's real. And if you are excited about it then it will show in the writing. If you need to fill space then that will show as well.  
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Eh...

- writing well doesn't mean there is significant substance there

- writing more doesn't mean that the writing is better than a writing that is shorter

It seems like people are saying those that love UChicago have no problem writing or even writing extra UChicago essays that won't be used. Nothing has been said that indicates why 2 pages versus 1, 3 or 4 is better and the lack of word-limit guidance invites longer answers, which seems ridiculous. If it was purely about good writing then the instruction should say: feel free to write as little or as much as you want as we admit applicants with 50-2000 word responses and have no preference about length.[/quote]

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