Winston Churchill believed "a joke is a very serious thing." From Off-Off Campus's improvisations to the Shady Dealer humor magazine to the renowned Latke-Hamantash debate, we take humor very seriously here at The University of Chicago (and we have since 1959, when our alums helped found the renowned comedy theater The Second City). Tell us your favorite joke and try to explain the joke without ruining it.

在英语世界里，人们常说 "God is in the details"，中国古人也说「窥一斑而见全豹」。这类留学文书题目即是此种世界观的最佳体现。正是种种看似不经意的细节给我们的人生带来了色彩和生命力。因此，写作的时候一定要在微观上彰显自己与众不同但却合情合理的个性一面。在宏观上则应注意以小见大，联系到美国大学所注重的重要价值观。