Question 1(必選)
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.
翻譯：就你現(xiàn)在所知，芝加哥大學(xué)如何滿足你對學(xué)習(xí)氛圍、社區(qū)和未來的期望?請具體說明自己的愿望以及它們與芝加哥大學(xué)的聯(lián)系。
Question 2(6選1)
第二題為Extended Essay，同學(xué)們可以在6個(gè)文章主題中選擇1個(gè)作答。
Essay Option 1
Was it a cat I saw? Yo-no-na-ka, ho-ka-ho-ka na-no-yo (Japanese for the world is a warm place”). Mo?e jutro ta dama da tortu je?om (Polish for maybe tomorrow that lady will give a cake to the hedgehogs”). Share a palindrome in any language, and give it a backstory.
翻譯：Was it a cat I saw?(我看到的是一只貓嗎?)
Yo-no-na-ka, ho-ka-ho-ka na-no-yo(日語世界是一個(gè)溫暖的地方”)
Mo?e jutro ta dama da tortu je?om(波蘭語也許明天那位女士會(huì)給刺猬蛋糕”)
分享任何語言的回復(fù)(指正讀和反讀都相同的詞匯或句子)，并給它一個(gè)背景故事。
Essay Option 2
What advice would a wisdom tooth have?
翻譯：如果智齒會(huì)說話，智齒會(huì)給你什么樣的忠告/建議?
Essay Option 3
You are on an expedition to found a colony on Mars, when from a nearby crater, a group of Martians suddenly emerges. They seem eager to communicate, but they're the impatient kind and demand you represent the human race in one song, image, memory, proof, or other idea. What do you share with them to show that humanity is worth their time?
翻譯：你正在探索火星上的殖民地，從附近的隕石坑中出現(xiàn)了一群火星人。他們似乎渴望交流，但他們沒有耐心，要求你通過一首歌、一張圖片、一張記憶、一張證明或其他什么東西展示人類的特質(zhì)。你會(huì)和他們分享什么，以證明人類是值得他們花時(shí)間了解的?
Essay Option 4
UChicago has been affiliated with over 90 Nobel laureates. But, why should economics, physics, and peace get all the glory? You are tasked with creating a new category for the Nobel Prize. Explain what it would be, why you chose your specific category, and the criteria necessary to achieve this accomplishment.
翻譯：芝加哥大學(xué)有90多位諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)得主。但是，為什么榮譽(yù)都?xì)w于經(jīng)濟(jì)、物理和和平呢?現(xiàn)在給你一個(gè)任務(wù)：創(chuàng)建一個(gè)新的諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)?lì)悇e。解釋你會(huì)設(shè)立什么獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)，為什么選擇這個(gè)類別，以及獲得該獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)需要達(dá)到什么標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
Essay Option 5
Genghis Khan with an F1 racecar. George Washington with a SuperSoaker. Emperor Nero with a toaster. Leonardo da Vinci with a Furby. If you could give any historical figure any piece of technology, who and what would it be, and why do you think they’d work so well together?
翻譯：給Genghis Khan一輛F1賽車;給George Washington一把水槍;給Emperor Nero一臺(tái)烤面包機(jī);給Leonardo da Vinci一個(gè)菲比玩偶。如果你能給任何一個(gè)歷史人物任何一項(xiàng)技術(shù)產(chǎn)品，你會(huì)把什么東西給到哪一個(gè)人?為什么這樣分配?
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!
翻譯：經(jīng)典的自我發(fā)揮的題目。
從以往的題目里中一個(gè)，或者你自擬一個(gè)題目，需要有原創(chuàng)性和創(chuàng)造力，引人深思。展示你作為作家，思想家，暢想家，社會(huì)評論家，賢哲，世界公民或芝加哥大學(xué)未來成員的特質(zhì)。