UChicago Extended Essay

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• UChicago Why Essayを先にやろう

  • たぶんUCHicagoいきたさが上がるので
  • 逆にもしかしたらUChicagoのモチベ消えるかもしれんし

• 全体的な方針

  • 多分おふざけ寄りな物が多いだろうから、その中でもっとlogicalな雰囲気を出せるような感じでいきたい
    • 多分自分はそっちの方が書きやすい
  • あと、身近なもの題材にするものが多そうなので、もっと抽象的な感じで行くとよさそう？
    • 行くとよさそうというか、ほうっておくと僕はそうしがちだけど、それでよさそう

• 楽しそうなやつ

  • What if the moon were made of cheese? Or Neptune made of soap? Pick a celestial object, reimagine its material composition, and explore the implications. Feel free to explore the realms of physics, philosophy, fantasy…the sky is the limit!

    • これは結構好きなprompt
    • ルールを定めた上で、そこから生まれる物を想像するの面白い
    • materialを時間とする
    • こっちの方が良い気がするな
      • ちょうどこないだはなしたやつみたいな
    • これは調査レポートみたいな感じかな
    • 適度に物理の知識を見せられるとうれしい
      • CSも行ける?
      • applicationでそこでのcomputerとか語れたら良いな
    • 表面は物質とか

  • In Homer’s Iliad, Helen had a “face that launched a thousand ships.” A millihelen, then, measures the beauty needed to launch one ship. The Sagan unit is used to denote any large quantity (in place of “billions and billions”). A New York Minute measures the period of time between a traffic light turning green and the cab behind you honking. Invent a new unit of measurement. How is it derived? How is it used? What are its equivalents?

    • これも面白そう、ルールを定めた上で、そこから生まれる物を想像するの面白い
    • 理系みも含めて一番好きかも
    • secをバーチャル時間軸的に拡張するアプローチ、良いかも
      • 自分らしさもありそう
      • 空間と時間を一緒に扱う軸とか
    • 単位を定めるってのは、計測する軸を定めるのに近い
    • これは論文風でよいだろう

  • Essay Option 5

  • It’s said that history repeats itself. But what about other disciplines? Choose another field (chemistry, philosophy, etc.) and explain how it repeats itself. Explain how it repeats itself.

    • 同じくTOK〜〜〜
    • あー、でもこれも面白そうだな
      • 自己言及?
        • でもそれこそCommonApp 650とネタかぶりそうだしやめておくか
      • 円環時間

  • Essay Option 6

  • 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!

    • ようはOption 1~5でもこれを求めているという事なのかな
    • past prompts

      • Subway maps, evolutionary trees, Lewis diagrams. Each of these schematics tells the relationships and stories of their component parts. Reimagine a map, diagram, or chart. If your work is largely or exclusively visual, please include a cartographer’s key of at least 300 words to help us best understand your creation.

    • 没入できるvirtualな時空間軸の話、バーチャルな時間軸の妄想を突っ込む手もありかも

• あまり興味が湧かないやつ

  • What’s so easy about pie?

    • しるか
      • （あまりこのpromptを見ても発想が広がらない、という意）
    • On the other hand, maybe this prompt isn’t about pie at all. Or, if it is, perhaps you don’t think there’s anything easy about pie. This prompt can be interpreted in a hundred different ways. The extent to which you can push this open-ended question is virtually limitless. Admissions is looking to see how you think, process, and approach. So, flex your imaginative muscles and take the metaphor off a cliff (in a good way)

  • “There is no such thing as a new idea” - Mark Twain. Are any pieces of art, literature, philosophy, or technology truly original, or just a different combination of old ideas? Pick something, anything (besides yourself), and explain why it is, or is not, original.

    • TOK〜〜〜
    • まあそれなりに楽しそう、という感想