Take a look at the strangest topics you’ll ever see for college applications.

Writing essays on college apps can be grueling enough. But here’s a list of some topics from Mental_Floss magazine that make the job even more difficult.

How do you feel about Wednesday? (University of Chicago, 2002)

Are we alone? (Tufts, 2009)

Please describe a daily routine or tradition of yours that may seem ordinary to others but holds special meaning for you. Why is this practice significant to you? (Barnard, 2009)

Make a bold prediction about something in the year 2010 that no one else has made a bold prediction about. (University of Virginia, 1999)

How did you get caught? Or not caught, as the case may be. (Chicago, 2009)

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