<p>I'm still working on my UC essays (I know, I know. Don't judge.), and I realized that one is quite serious and a little dry, since I had to cut flourish to 0 in order to fit the word count. The other is a bit more light-hearted and bouncy. So they kind of complement each other, which is good.... if the same people read both of them. I mean, I can't imagine that they would have two different people reading each essay, but I don't know... I guess I'm asking how the essay-judging and application process as a whole work?</p>