The UC Essay Guide page is everything you need to succeed in all things concerning UC admissions. All of the information provided here is developed with the help of past essays and the experiences of our previous clients who were accepted to schools like UC Berkeley, San Diego, and Davis. We cover sample essays as well as Personal Insight Questions here in this page.
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The UC essay prompt 7 asks you to describe your contributions to your community or school. That’s why it’s also called the “community service” essay. Chances are, if you attend a high school that requires community service hours for graduation, you qualify for this prompt! But, don’t let that fool you! PIQ 7 goes through … Read more
Congratulations! We want you in our school… except. Not really. Sort of. You can only attend our school if you can write the UC waitlist essay and get accepted. Hearing that news can be a real bummer, especially since not everyone even knows how to write the UC waitlist essay, let alone have the energy … Read more
You’re waitlisted! That means you still have a chance of getting accepted! But to get accepted, you’ll have to show UC Davis that you’re a good fit for their school. This guide shows how to write a UC Davis waitlist essay that gets you in and shows an example of what a successful waitlist essay … Read more
The UC Essay Prompt 8 is perhaps one of the most versatile of the Personal Insight Questions. As such, students should greatly consider writing this as one of their required essays. It is obvious that every UC Personal Insight Question requires you to describe what makes you unique. What can admissions officers learn about you … Read more
Though the UC essay prompt 6 is one of the simpler questions of the PIQs, it can be rather tricky if you don’t know the pitfalls. Simple prompts do not equate to simple essays. This also happens to be one of the more important PIQs because of its direct association with your major. Writing for … Read more
Note: This guide is part of a series of 8 other guides on the best ways to answer the UC PIQ prompts. You can check it out here. If you already know what you want to major in at university, the UC essay prompt 4 will give you a major advantage. This is your opportunity … Read more
This year, we’ve just received great news about one of four latest clients and their UC transfer application. They got in! The school? UC Berkeley. *Cue streamers* Now, they actually got into other schools like UCLA, UC San Diego, and a few other transfer schools of their choice. This article, though, is just focused on … Read more
This is just one of the UCLA accepted essays in our archives. But what made this essay particularly interesting isn’t the fact that it got our applicant accepted, no. What makes this UCLA essay special is that it was peppered in mistakes. Nonetheless, they got in! Now, that doesn’t mean that you get to butcher … Read more
Successful UC Berkeley Admissions Essay: Intro So, you want to get into one of the top public schools in the United States: UC Berkeley. Of course, getting in means having strong essays that will beat out the rest of the competition. If you’re looking for a solid UC Berkeley essay that worked, look no further. … Read more
Update 2023-24: It’s been a while since our last update. During that time, we’ve been very fortunate to have other students who were accepted into great schools! So, we’ve added a new essay to this article to hopefully inspire you. The UC essay prompt 5 (PIQ 5) is one of the best essay prompts to … Read more