Show HN: UChicago admissions asked me to find Waldo. I did.

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Post by superuser2 » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 4:10 AM UTC

Show HN: UChicago admissions asked me to find Waldo. I did.
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Post by brianchu » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 4:52 AM UTC

Very cool, and something that probably will impress admissions officers, though I think it's generally not a good idea to publicly publish admissions essays until after the deadline.

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Post by kenko » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 4:55 AM UTC

Waitaminute, Supplement to the Common Application? Oh, Chicago, how you have strayed!

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 4:56 AM UTC

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Post by purewater » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 4:57 AM UTC

FYI, you made typo on "Boltzmann" in the essay.

Edit: looks like you already submitted the essay. Oh well. Good luck :)

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Post by superuser2 » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 4:57 AM UTC

brianchu wrote: post #2

Very cool, and something that probably will impress admissions officers, though I think it's generally not a good idea to publicly publish admissions essays until after the deadline.

I applied early action before publishing, and the deadline will pass in a few minutes.

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Post by carterschonwald » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 5:02 AM UTC

kenko wrote: post #3

Waitaminute, Supplement to the Common Application ? Oh, Chicago, how you have strayed!

i'm sure many enterprising young applicants used the same essay for both the common and (un)common apps.

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Post by gtani » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 5:05 AM UTC

Best o luck. I tried something similar with Stanford, submitting some APL code and a detailed explanation... didn't work that well.

I love the U of C, great school but not necessarily an easy place to go to school. The CS people are one of the few bastions of SML among CS depts.

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Post by m0th87 » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 5:05 AM UTC

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OP is likely in high school, give him/her a break. Better than anything I produced at that age.

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Post by superuser2 » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 5:08 AM UTC

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It really isn't novel, and it's certainly not elegant. This is an admissions essay, not a masters thesis. I'm not asking for a degree; I'm asking to be recognized as having potential.