| # | Name | Comments |
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| 1151 | Clare Wolfe | The Uncommon Application is a symbol of our school's unique character. To make the uncommon essays simply part of a supplemental common application diminishes their importance and sends the message that The University of Chicago's values have changed--and not for the better. |
| 1152 | Margaret Spellman | I am proud to be a student at such a unique and outstanding university. |
| 1153 | Zoey Phillips | |
| 1154 | Emma Boast | |
| 1155 | Derek Sabath | |
| 1156 | Steve Kregel | We need to get the administration to change their minds! |
| 1157 | Anonymous | |
| 1158 | Kaitlin Devaney | |
| 1159 | Deane Hinton | If someone really wants to come to our school they should show it by filling out the uncommon apllication. A switch to the common application will just get people applying because it is easy and they can do so with no extra work, It won't show any real desire. |
| 1160 | Anthony Lascari | |
| 1161 | Emily Estes | Though I ultimately chose not to attend U of Chicago, I applied mostly because I wanted the challenge and pleasure of filling out the uncommon application. Having an application that truly requires applicants to think originally insures that U of Chicago gets the self-selected pool of individuals that it wants. U of Chicago is thrilling and interesting because it is different from other colleges, and if it wants to go up in the rankings or attract more students, it needs to emphasize that, not standardize itself. |
| 1162 | Anonymous | |
| 1163 | Emma Marquez | |
| 1164 | Laurel Mylonas-Orwig | Save it. It's so freaking U of C nerdy...which is why I love it. Plus, kids applying here deserve to know what they're getting into, and the Uncommon App is a pretty good indicator. |
| 1165 | grace tan | |
| 1166 | Dylan Allegretti | |
| 1167 | Jessie Reuteler | Uchicago lacks several of the common sources of school spirit that typically unify a campus (competitive athletics, to name an obvious one). However, there IS a cohesive sense of communitity in that all students feel they can identify with one another in a way that the uncommon application represents. There is a unique intellectual atmosphere at the school that drew us here. The essays we wrote specifically for UChicago are a source of pride and surprisingly frequent conversation. As many schools start to blend together and lose their identities in an effort to compete with one another for the best and brightest students, I think UChicago should hold on to this thing that already helps attract these kids in the first place. |
| 1168 | Christopher Lee | |
| 1169 | Erik Lokensgard | If the uncommon application becomes history without a ripple of virtual ink, what treasured orts of the uncommon will be defended? My goal in writing is to protest against such a spiral into the Copernican application system. In other words, this petition demonstrates our support for the college's eccentric value. Not just a question of tradition, the issue also involves the initial lens through which students view the university. Through it they know to expect eccentricity and therefore feel confidently excited to bring their own into the collective bizarre and delightful life of the mind. |
| 1170 | Anonymous | |
| 1171 | Alisha Joy Hines | I LOVED THE UNCOMMON APP!!! |
| 1172 | Mark Conkle | |
| 1173 | Amanda Schultz | |
| 1174 | Anonymous | |
| 1175 | Ioana Tchoukleva | |
| 1176 | katy manaster | |
| 1177 | Faustino Santiago | |
| 1178 | Jesse Childs | |
| 1179 | Meredith Shaw | |
| 1180 | Jane Volk | |
| 1181 | Geoffrey Gawne | |
| 1182 | Anonymous | Pretty much everyone I've talked to said it was the uncommon essay that got them into the school. |
| 1183 | Anonymous | Keep the Uncommon Application to ensure an uncommon student body. |
| 1184 | Beverly | |
| 1185 | Peter Koenig | As a very proud and pleased parent of a University of Chicago student, I respectfully urge the retention of the Uncommon Application. It's part of what makes the University a special place. |
| 1186 | Anonymous | AB '06 |
| 1187 | Deena Heller | This is what makes us unique and elite. Upping the numbers don't matter. |
| 1188 | Lauren E. Perez | Save the uncommon application! This is a perfect example of why the University of Chicago excels where others don't: we are not afraid to be different, we are not afraid to question, we are not afraid to flaunt our creativity. |
| 1189 | Isaac Yonemoto | |
| 1190 | Joseph Gardner | |
| 1191 | Ilana Harwayne-Gidansky | |
| 1192 | Diem T. Vo | This tradition provided my years in The College with peers from incredibly diverse backgrounds with extraordinary talents. Every one of us took our experiences from Chicago and made considerable impacts in our chosen fields of endeavor. Why should we change now? What is the appeal with being pedestrian? If you cannot think independently, if you cannot produce original thought and works, then I certainly do not want you among our peers. Remember-The examined life, Let knowledge grow from more to more ;and so be human life enriched. |
| 1193 | Akio Katano | The quality of an academic institution is not limited to the faculty. The U of C has reached its present heights because of the student body, a self-selecting group of masochistic overacheivers who are willing to go to any lengths to expand their knowledge. Making application easier for the disinterested many only undermines our self-selecting nature, ensuring the admittance of those who, despite their intelligence and strong records, are uninterested in the commitment that the University of Chicago has historically demanded. We do not want to be Harvard, we do not want to be Penn, we want to be the University of Chicago. |
| 1194 | Nora | |
| 1195 | Anonymous | |
| 1196 | Damon Porter | |
| 1197 | Rachel BeLieu | I'm not a student at U of C, but a former applicant and admittee, and I believe that ending the use of the Uncommon App would be disastrous to the character and culture of the University. I believe preserving the Uncommon App does help to publicize the University through the notoriety off the essay options. |
| 1198 | Amanda Schlesinger | Class of 2005 - The uncommon app essay was the only interesting, intellectual, quirky piece of my grueling college application cycle. It deserves to be a part of the Chicago admissions process. |
| 1199 | Anonymous | The uncommon application adds a certain uniqueness to the university which will be lost if the college assimilates its application to that of many top colleges in the country. |
| 1200 | allie shapiro ('06) | |