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Reports that more than 150 students who were accepted by the University of Illinois at Chicago were told to find a different college in the fall of 2004.

Presents essays written by two students hoping to receive admission into the University of Chicago, Illinois. The topic of the essay, which was to write an intellectually pretentious and absurd television comedy using specific elements mentioned in the essay proposal; The essays.

The article focuses on issues related to race when in comes to college admission in the U.S. Sociologists Thomas J. Espenshade and Alexandria Walton Radford mention that white students were three times more likely to be admitted than Asians with the same academic record as revealed in a 2009 study of more than 9,000 students who applied to selective universities in the country. Sociologist Jerome Karabel presents his 2005 history of admissions practices at Harvard, Yale and Princeton.

The eccentric essay questions of the University of Chicago's ''uncommon application'' were designed to reveal the emerging self, and to provide ''more interesting reading for us during the long winter months,'' says Theodore A. O'Neill, who oversees their composition and selection. Mr. O'Neill, who will step down in June after two decades as dean of admissions, comments below on a few favorites. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the decision of the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business in Illinois to require prospective students to submit four pages of electronic slides with their applications. The new requirement is partly an acknowledgment that Microsoft Corporation's PowerPoint and similar, though lesser-known, computer programs, have become ubiquitous tools in the business world. By adding a PowerPoint requirement to its application, the university thinks it might attract more students who have the kind of cleverness that can pay off in business. The slideshow presentations will be the last part of the application that the university's admissions office considers in assessing its applicants.

The article reports that a strange postal package caused bomb scare at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, on July 20, 2007. The package had no return address and university address was written poorly. The university officials alarmed the police. The police evacuated a building, called bomb squads and X-rayed the package. The package was found containing an application for admission from a student.

The author reports on college admissions applications. While the Common Application was designed to standardize the admissions process for students, some colleges want students to fill out their individual supplements. The supplement for Northwestern University asks for essays and three statements. Some colleges ask students to complete optional questions.

Presents news briefs of interest to those in higher education. A study by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago which supports an association between higher education and a reduction in the number of sexual acts per year; Whimsical questions on the University of Chicago application form; The number of students selecting a question about Elvis Presley; Comments from Joseph Walsh.

The article reports on the scheme used by the University of Illinois in selecting freshman students for the next fall in the college of arts and sciences. The administration decided to select randomly by using lottery on the 4,200 qualified applicants for 3,350 spaces in the college. The new admission plan will remain in full force until 1971.