"Dear University of Chicago, It fills me up with that gooey sap you feel late at night when I think about things that are really special to me about you," the essay began. "Tell me, was I just one in a line of many? Was I just another supple ‘applicant' to you, looking for a place to live, looking for someone to teach me the ways of the world?
The closeness between us was beautiful, it couldn't have been just me that felt it, I know you felt it too. The intimacy was akin to that of scholar and original text, your depth as a person is astounding! To be honest, I must confess I had already dreamt of a rosy future together, one filled with late nights and long discussions over the Gothic era and the ethical stage of Kierkegaard, we would watch the sunset together and spend every Christmas snuggled in blankets. Eventually we would get older, I would become a well-educated corporate lawyer and you would enrich yourself within the domain of human knowledge. Your cup overfloweth with academic genius, pour a little on me."
Some Chicago students are upset and offended by the essay, and of course parents wasted no time whipping out their daggers over the issue.
I think the kid who wrote the essay is a genius, and these other kids/parents are clearly insecure and/or jealous about it, because he understands what the University of Chicago wants-- clever, creative people who don't get their underwear in a knot over shit like this.
Unfortunately, Chicago's Dead of Admissions, Jim Nondorf was forced to apologize for the controversy, noting that while he had the essay writer's permission, and that he was admitted, he didn't mean to scare up any trouble.
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