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So today, we’re going to be taking a look at the University of California system—or more specifically, their college essays, the UC Personal Insight Questions. If you are a rising senior, this is going to be top-of-mind for you, as college essays and applications come up for you; if you’re a younger student, then this should be a great preview of what awaits you during your upcoming application cycle.
Read MoreToday's topic is the Common App Personal Statement. So, the Common App, as many of you are likely familiar, is a very large college application platform that supports over a thousand colleges, and at the forefront of that is the Common App Personal Statement, or the Common App essay, which gets sent to every college that you apply to through the Common App.
Read MoreWriting college application essays is daunting, especially for students juggling schoolwork, extracurricular activities, and personal responsibilities. More and more applicants are turning to generative AI tools, using them to brainstorm, edit, or even fully write essays. Although ChatGPT or Gemini may seem like the answer to easier writing, using AI may actually harm more than help your application essays.
Read MoreToday we're going to be taking a look at the University of California system, or more specifically, their college essays: the UC Personal Insight Questions. If you're a rising senior, this is going to be top of mind for you as college essays and applications come up for you. If you're a younger student, then this should be a great preview of what awaits you during your upcoming application cycle.
Read MoreWe’ll be discussing five main types of supplemental essay prompts, which you can see listed here. Although the terms like “Why Us?” and et cetera are not necessarily the official terminology, it is really helpful for students so that they can learn how to identify the real questions that they should be answering.
Read MoreMany of you have probably heard of the Common App—really big platform, supports over a thousand colleges in their college application process—and kind of at the forefront of that is the Common App Personal Statement, or the Common App essay, which gets sent to every college that you apply to through the Common App.
Read MoreWe’re going to take a look at some of the PIQs. For a lot of our seniors—definitely if there are any younger students, you are more than welcome to join to get a bit of preview of what’s in store—but this is mostly going to be geared for a lot of our incoming 12th graders who are going to be doing the college essays and applications coming on.
Read MoreStudents put blood, sweat – and, most importantly, time – into writing their college application essays. Therefore, having fewer essays to write means a faster and easier college application process.
Read MoreGood evening, everyone. I’m glad everyone could make it today. This will be the last of our essay series [this year] for webinars – and [of] giving students a sneak peek of topics to come. Hopefully, you've started already. Hopefully, you're finding time to chip away at your essays. (If not, and you're watching this in the fall… good luck to you as well!)
Read MoreWe're presenting a topic that I think is relevant for a lot of our seniors right now: thinking about how to tackle the essays. How to improve their essays, I think, is a big thing. If you've already started it, you'll be in really good shape if you're already thinking about the next steps of how to make adjustments.
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