UC Essay Prompt 1: Leadership Experience

University of California Essay Prompts for Fall 2017 (Ideas for Answering Personal Insight Question No. 1) Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes, or contributed to group efforts over...

NEW University of California Essay Prompts for Fall 2017!

First New University of California Essay Prompts for their College Application in 10 Years! The University of California justĀ listed brand new college application essay prompts—for the first time in a decade! In the past, incoming freshman wrote two core essays...

UC College Application Essay Instant Boot Camp

UPDATE: as of March 23, 2016 The University of California announced NEW essay prompts for 2016-17. Read about how to answer them HERE.   This post is now outdated. The information is no longer relevant!! If you are working on your two college application essays...

A Peek into the Many Worlds of Prompt 1 of the UC Essays

UPDATE: The University of California announced NEW essay prompts for 2016-17. Read about how to answer them HERE. The following content in this post is no longer relevant and is outdated! About three years ago, I wrote a post to try to help students applying to the...