I’ve attached PDF’s of the essays I used in my application to the University of Chicago. I didn’t get in, so I don’t know how appropriate they were, but feel free to read them for ideas. Question 1 (Required): How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a…
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Roman Catholicism and Arguments of Insecurity
God is outside of time, yet active in it, the Creator of the universe, and the origin of good. Moreover, he is kind, merciful, and loving. Instead of taking a leap of faith and accepting the power of God’s love, Catholicism takes a faltering step onto the bridge of man-made traditions. By instituting an atonement sacrifice once…
Story Storming
I’m writing 2 stories right now. I’m very interested in learning the history and culture of an area, and writing from that knowledge. Coincidentally, both stories involve time travel. The rules of time travel, and my philosophical explanations of it are different in each, probably because I started one 2 years ago, and one a…
Art Comparisons and Comments
Ophelia and the Water Lilies “Water Lilies” is painted with the same depth as “Ophelia” – the same thought, layering, penetration. The rushes are not the fronts of rushes but bushes of unseen rushes. It is hard not to admire both paintings with hushed reverence for their detail. I believe “Water Lilies” is the more successful…