芝加哥大学公布2019~2020鬼才文书又来啦-新东方前途出国

芝加哥大学除了排名以及横扫各大排行的图书馆，长久以来最引人注目的还有挑战性极强、极其烧脑的文书题目。没错，在这个灼灼夏日，芝加哥新申请季的文书题目如约而至，不要兴奋不要惊慌，不论这些刁钻古怪的题目虐你千万遍，这始终是一个让学生了解自己、认识自己、展现自我特性和抱负的机会。

刚过去的2018~2019申请季，藤门学子共收获15份来自芝加哥大学送来的橄榄枝，纵观被录取的芝加哥学子文书回答，不难看出其中许多都是充满雄辩性，妙趣横生甚至古怪的，没办法，要符合芝大调性~今年芝大居然格外开恩，第二道必答题提供了开放性选择答题，申请者可以从往年的题目中挑选这是什么神操作？是因为今年的题目又“怪”出新天际了吗？我们这就来看看今年芝大又出什么新鲜题目来召唤逻辑鬼才了：

芝加哥大学2019~2020文书题目

1. Required 必答题

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.

“如你所知，芝加哥大学如何满足你对特定学习，社区和未来的渴望？请特别说明你自己的意愿以及它们与芝大的关系。”

2. 拓展论文（选一篇必答）

Essay Option 1

Cats have nine lives, Pac-Man has 3 lives, and radioactive isotopes have half-lives. How many lives does something else—conceptual or actual—have, and why?

—Inspired by Kendrick Shin, Class of 2019

猫有9条生命，吃豆人有3条生命，放射性同位素有半衰期。对任意一个虚拟或实际存在的的事物，你认为它应该有多少生命，为什么？

Essay Option 2

If there’s a limited amount of matter in the universe, how can Olive Garden (along with other restaurants and their concepts of food infinity) offer truly unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks? Explain this using any method of analysis you wish—physics, biology, economics, history, theology… the options, as you can tell, are endless.

—Inspired by Yoonseo Lee, Class of 2023

如果宇宙中的物质数量有限，那么Olive Garden（包括其他餐厅及其食物无限的概念）如何提供真正无限量的汤、沙拉和面包棒？使用你希望的任何分析方法解释这一点：物理学，生物学，经济学，历史学，神学......如你所知，选择是无穷无尽的。

Essay Option 3

A hot dog might be a sandwich, and cereal might be a soup, but is a ______ a ______?

—Inspired by Arya Muralidharan, Class of 2021 (and dozens of others who, this year and in past years, have submitted the question “Is a hot dog a sandwich,” to which we reply, “maybe”)

热狗可能是三明治，谷物可能是汤，但是xx 是xx吗？

Essay Option 4

“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.” – Jessamyn West

—Inspired by Elizabeth Mansfield, Class of 2020

“小说揭示了现实模糊的真相。” —— Jessamyn West

Essay Option 5

UChicago has international campus centers around the world, but we don’t have any interplanetary, interstellar, or interdimensional campuses… yet! Propose a spot in time or space, in this or any universe, for a new UChicago campus. What types of courses would be taught at this site? What cultural experiences await students who study there?

—Inspired by Peter Jasperse, Class of 2022

芝加哥大学在世界各地都设有国际校园中心，但我们没有任何行星际，星际或跨维度校园......以任意一个时间或空间点，为芝加哥大学建立一个新校园，在这个星球教授将带来哪些类型的课程？在那里学习的学生会有哪些文化经历？

Essay Option 6

“Don’t be afraid to pick past prompts! I liked some of the ones from previous years more than those made newly available for my year. Also, don’t worry about the ‘correct’ way to interpret a question. If there exists a correct way to interpret the prompt I 

chose, it certainly was not my answer.”

—Matthew Lohrs, Class of 2023

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!

“不要害怕挑选过去的题目！比起新的这些文书题目我更喜欢前几年的。另外，不要担心解释问题的“正确”方式。如果有正确的方法来解释我选择的提示，那肯定不是我的回答。“

这最后一道题是芝大没有玩出新花样吗？当然不会这么轻易放过你，这道题你可以从以往的