<p>OK.......for the essays part, I see no where that I can use the essay that I have worked on for sooo long!! There are a few shorter essays but do they not take your own personal essay where you can talk about a topic of your choice or am I a scatterbrain and I am just not seeing it? I just started looking at the application and its pretty extensive, just tell me if I am missing it. Thanks!!</p>
<p>If it's the same as last year's application, it's not there. Like many state schools, they ask their own set of essays that often don't line up with what you have prepared for the common app. The UC's were the same way as I recall. Sorry, extra work and the questions are pretty straightforward, not too much room for creativity.</p>