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So yesterday we talked about the controversy surrounding the University of Chicago’s decision to release a particularly creative essay to “relieve stress” for its potential applicants. And while the essay, comparing the school to an “elusive lover” was on the right track we felt like it could go farther. Like full-blown, power ballad farther. Here’s a few approaches we might have taken.

There’s the Celine Dion Approach (so warm and tender, you won’t even know it’s Canadian) – “Every night in my dreams, I see U-niversity of Chicago, I feel U-‘re rigorous academic curriculum and inventive use of the ‘Great Books’ program.” Synch it up yourself! (Fair Warning: Link may contain gratuitous amounts of Billy Zane.)

For a more modern, and less obnoxiously saccharine, approach try re-working a Lady Gaga song. Who knows what those things are about anyway? “Let’s have fun this beat is dense / Let me take a ride on your core requirements”.

Or if you’ve already been deferred and are looking to bolster your status why not re-write the “in song letter” read by the deep-voiced dude from Boyz II Men in “End of the Road”? You could probably get the guy himself to record it for you. And if you've got a friend with thick glasses who can whine uncontrollably on command, all the better.