'Math Is The Universal Language In AP Stressful'

In a dreadfully “fun” font, the AP Stressful exam instructions read a simple “find x.” The phrase prompts the metal mouthed teens to anxiously chew away at their erasers, leaving only a pencil corpse coated with saliva reminiscent of hormones and Cheeto breath. Under the two word demand lies a math equation big enough to choke on, a quaint possibility, with one variable, one x. In my own experience with AP Stressful, x is defined as an unknown quantity, and if all goes well, finding the mathematical “x” ends with either a specific value (or range thereof), or an answer that’s undefined, in other words impossible. The quote “math is the universal language” holds true—that same set of two possibilities encases any interpretation of “find x,” from the vector itself to the phonetic ‘ex.’ But hold thy horses, reader. I see it now, Maura Connors rolls her eyes at this essay in front of her. Using the actual, literal meaning of the prompt is the easy way out, nice try, she cackles. This talentless slug is Denied. Pull another hopeful victim’s application out of the pile, Kyle.

University of Chicago employees are not cackling crushers of dreams. And “Find x” isn 't that dreadfully simple. The multitude of interpretations for x and its two consistent endpoints—specific or unclear—follow two streams of thought, emotions and logic. Similar to the purpose of the hemispheres of the brain, “finding x” is interlaced with the complex interrelations of humanity, and how in the universe we live in, the stark reality is that existence either is, like math x’s numerical value, or isn’t, like ending with unknown. Obviously, the admissions counselor thinks. But think of the