芝加哥大学因为具有挑战性的文书和严谨的学术而闻名，每年申请季，芝加哥大学的文书的趣味性和独特性都耐人寻味！这些创意的题目非常考验申请者的思考和理解能力！
近期，芝加哥大学更新了2023～2024的文书题目，我们一起来看看今年的题目到底有多么的“烧脑”！
Question 1（Required）
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.
根据你现在对芝加哥大学的了解，芝加哥大学如何满足你对于学习，社区，以及未来的展望？请具体说明你自己的愿望以及它们与芝加哥大学的关系。
Question 2:Extended Essay(Required;Choose one）
Essay Option 1
Exponents and square roots, pencils and erasers, beta decay and electron capture. Name two things that undo each other and explain why both are necessary.– Inspired by Emmett Cho, Class of 2027
指数和平方根、铅笔和橡皮、β衰变和电子俘获。说出两件相互“抵消”的事情，并解释为什么两者都是必要的。
Essay Option 2
“Where have all the flowers gone?” – Pete Seeger. Pick a question from a song title or lyric and give it your best answer.– Inspired by Ryan Murphy, AB’21
Essay Option 3
“Vlog,” “Labradoodle,” and “Fauxmage.” Language is filled with portmanteaus. Create a new portmanteau and explain why those two things are a “patch” (perfect match).– Inspired by Garrett Chalfin, Class of 2027
“Vlog”、“Labradoodle”和“Fauxmage”。语言充满了混合词。创造一个新的混合词，并解释为什么这两个词完美匹配。
Essay Option 4
A jellyfish is not a fish. Cat burglars don’t burgle cats. Rhode Island is not an island. Write an essay about some other misnomer, and either come up with and defend a new name for it or explain why its inaccurate name should be kept.– Inspired by Sonia Chang, Class of 2025, and Mirabella Blair, Class of 2027
水母（jellyfish）不是鱼（fish），飞贼（Cat burglars）不会偷窃猫（burgle cats），罗德岛（Rhode Island）不是一个岛（island）。写一篇关于其他“用词不当”的文章，要么为其想出一个新名称并为其辩护，要么解释为什么应保留其不准确的名称。
Essay Option 5
Despite their origins in the Gupta Empire of India or Ancient Egypt, games like chess or bowling remain widely enjoyed today. What modern game do you believe will withstand the test of time, and why?– Inspired by Adam Heiba, Class of 2027
尽管它们起源于印度笈多王朝或古埃及，但国际象棋或保龄球等游戏至今仍广受喜爱。你认为哪种现代游戏能够经受住时间的考验？为什么？
Essay Option 6
There are unwritten rules that everyone follows or has heard at least once in their life. But of course, some rules should be broken or updated. What is an unwritten rule that you wish didn’t exist? (Our custom is to have five new prompts each year, but this year we decided to break with tradition. Enjoy!)– Inspired by Maryam Abdella, Class of 2026
有一些不成文的规则，每个人一生中都遵循或至少听过一次。但有些规则应该被打破或更新。你希望不存在的不成文规则是什么？（我们的习惯是每年有五个新提示，但今年我们决定打破传统）
Essay Option 7
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!
本着冒险探究的精神，选择过去的题目之一（或创建一个自己的问题）。具有原创性、创造性、发人深省。发挥你作为作家、思想家、梦想家、社会批评家、智者、世界公民或芝加哥大学未来学生的最佳品质；
芝大的校训是“益智厚生” （Crescat scientia; vita excolatur），录取的学生也自然都是勤于发问、善于探究的深度思想者。
芝大的附加文书便是这样一个展现学生思维结构的绝佳平台。写好芝大文书的关键就是要去展现你独特的思想：你是怎么去处理一个看似很“无厘头”的问题的？你切入的角度与分析问题的过程是怎样的？这是芝大的招生官老师最希望看到的。
大家也不用囿于传统文书的格式与字数限制，往年芝大文书中就有小说、剧本、证词、小品文、游戏设计、地图、说明书，甚至是数学建模！
总之，大家在写芝大文书时一定要打开思维，放飞想象，不要为形式上的条条框框所限制！
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