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How did you benefit from educational opportunities outside the school? (UC prompt) For those who start their studies in the U.S. with linguistic disadvantages, AP and IB courses are unattainable dreams. As with many of my fellow international students in California, I could not benefit from the virtues of sophisticated academic courses because of my … Read more Virtue of the Bridge Program
Describe an event or experience that had a significant impact on your identity. Suspended on the wall of my fatherâs office is a photograph of someone I once knew well yet now barely recognize, a girl with a thick mane of platinum hair and a bronze, painted face. Images of this girl dance through my … Read more Portrait of a Change
Please write on a topic of your choice. OR The Admissions Committee would like to know more about you in your own words. Please submit a brief essay, either autobiographical or creative, which you feel best describes you. I never knew when I was speaking Farsi, Chinese, or English. After all, I would flit back … Read more Ready for the Future Because of My Background
Describe the world you come from — for example, your family, community or school — and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations. People often tell me how much I look like my grandmother. They say we share the same eyes, the same nose, and the same eager smile. What they … Read more Mother’s story
Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are? Homework was the catch to summer break. In middle school, it was all too common. We had two school-free months … Read more 100 pages
Describe the world you come from — for example, your family, community or school — and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations. When I was in grade school I wanted to be an engineer because my dad was an engineer. When I was in middle school I wanted to be … Read more Role Model
Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are? Two years ago I didn’t think twice about what brand name I was wearing, let alone where the article of … Read more My Crusade Against Sweatshops
Describe the world you come from — for example, your family, community or school — and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspiration About 14 million people in the world identify themselves as Jewish, but what does that really mean? I struggle with this question because, to me, Judaism represents more … Read more The Summer of 2006
Describe an experience that you are proud of. His skinny figure stoops and meticulously cleans and wipes each green Dong leaf, then puts it into an small pile. Afterwards, he takes out a basket of peas and grinds them till they are as fine as wheat flour. Each of his movement is quick but careful, … Read more The Taste of Vietnam
How have you prepared academically for the University? If admitted what can you contribute to the University? Lastly, an open-ended question. Academic PreparationLast summer, I attended the COSMOS program at UC Santa Cruz to learn about Stars, Sight, and Science. Pulling up into the driveway of College Nine, my heart began to beat rapidly and … Read more Cosmos, Japan, and Lennon