{"id":43705,"date":"2012-12-17T10:26:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T15:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=43705"},"modified":"2013-02-03T02:18:49","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T07:18:49","slug":"how-to-get-into-college-indiana-jones-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/17\/how-to-get-into-college-indiana-jones-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get into College, Indiana Jones Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Indiana-Jones.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Indiana-Jones.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Indiana-Jones\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43706\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nWhen the University of Chicago admissions committee received a package addressed to \u201cHenry Walton Jones, Jr.,\u201d they were confused; there is no one by that name on the faculty. Then the penny dropped: the package was for fictional alum Indiana Jones, often said to be based on one of two U of C professors, Robert Braidwood and James Henry Breasted. The package was revealed to contain a detailed replica of Professor Abner Ravenwood\u2019s journal, as seen in <em>Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/em>. The admissions committee has <a href=\"http:\/\/uchicagoadmissions.tumblr.com\/post\/37809971913\/indiana-jones-mystery-package-we-dont-really\" target=\"_blank\">put out a call<\/a> for the identity of the sender. \u201cIf you\u2019re an applicant and sent this to us: Why? How? Did you make it?\u201d And, most importantly, \u201cWhy so awesome?\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the University of Chicago admissions committee received a package addressed to \u201cHenry Walton Jones, Jr.,\u201d they were confused; there is no one by that name on the faculty. 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