<p>Hi I'm reapplying to the UC this year. I'm wondering if I can reuse my last year's personal statement or would I have to come up with a new one?</p>
<p>The old one is tainted with failure.
Create a new one.</p>
<p>^ damn…</p>
<p>I’d be curious about that myself, my Personal Statement is a beautiful 10, I couldn’t write something as openly passionate and honest again and there’s a chance I might not get in where I want this year so…God forbid, if I have to take a 5th year at a CCC and want to reuse my fantastic personal statement a second time.</p>
<p>I was about to ask myself. </p>
<p>I actually did get in last year. Do you think it would be a good idea to use my personal statements again? I will however, add a few things to prompt #2.</p>
<p>Its totally fine to reuse them. But since you have the opportunity, I would edit them and make them nicer (assuming you don’t have a 10). Hopefully new things have happened in a year that’s worth noting about??</p>
<p>Hey, </p>
<p>I actually asked a UCD Admissions person that when I was rejected for freshmen admissions. Here’s what they said: </p>
<p>Dear Dezziner,</p>
<p>Yes the same topics can be discussed. However, we prefer for transfer students that the application discuss recent activities and accomplishments; one completed after high school. You will also find that one of the personal statement questions is different for transfer students than for freshman applicants. If you choose to use the same responses we wouldn’t know that they were the same ones you used before.</p>
<p>I hope this helps,
UCD Admissions</p>
<p>^ lol That makes sense because the freshman personal statement has one different prompt than the transfers. And of course, transfers want to talk about their college life.</p>
<p>But if you’re reusing an old statement from a previous transfer attempt, then that is fine.</p>
<p>^YAY, because I seriously don’t think the personal statement could be made any better than it is now, thanks to ~5 months of tweeking it’s at the pinnicle of yumminess.</p>
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<p>As many can attest, that Davis admissions representative is probably lying to you, because according to the last page of this PDF <a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/files/cc10_transfermatrix_final.pdf[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/files/cc10_transfermatrix_final.pdf</a>, Davis is one of the 5 UCs that chooses not to review the personal statement for evaluating your admission. It’s likely that his/her answer was what they were “trained to say” by their supervisor.</p>
<p>well in all fairness</p>
<p>“While campuses vary in use of the personal statement, all use it to evaluate gaps in applicants’ educational history or in the evaluation of applicants for certain scholarships.”</p>
<p>…in which experiences in the college level are needed.</p>
<p>And more than likely an applicant would have more than just Davis on their list of schools. <em>lying</em> is such a strong word :)</p>
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nah, it’s fine</p>
<p>Well, I said it was something I asked three years ago and I do know that Davis themselves don’t look at it. But I think they’re right in saying they don’t keep your application on file so they wouldn’t know you used the same statement.</p>
<p>I’m re-using my second prompt. I tried to write a new one but all the people I had proofread it agreed my previous years essay was better so I just tidied it up and added a few things but it’s at least 85% the same as last year.</p>