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
USC, the Trojans. The school of competitive sports and fantastic programs all around. Whatever you call it, it’s one of the most coveted schools in California. That’s why we’re providing what we believe is the ultimate guide to the USC transfer essay. If you want more USC sample essays that were accepted, you can find … Read more
Worried that your child won’t get into the best university in the world? Consider this your personal college planning checklist for parents by yours truly, PenningPapers! Consider Your Child’s GPA Grades can be a bit confusing when applying to colleges; some schools only take grades from 10-11 into consideration, others take all of high school … 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
The first thing that grazes everyone’s minds during the college admissions process is usually this: “When should I hire someone to write my college essay?” That, as many dear readers would have guessed, depends on the situation. Said situation, however, may be a little bit more complicated than most people think. In this article, we’ll … Read more
The Miscommunication There have, ever since the beginning of the college admissions game, been very long-standing disputes about what actually matters in the college application process. “What really gets students into Harvard?” “Will I get into UC Berkeley if my scores are lower than average?” “I played the piano!” Many parents and even other teachers … Read more
Yep, that’s right: it’s the famous Costco college essay that got Brittany Stinson into five Ivy League schools. Said schools include Columbia, Yale, UPenn, Cornell, and Dartmouth. Now, this application essay was considered one of the “quintessential college essays” that every student was expected to strive for. It had a lot of positive attributes to … Read more