<p>In regards to “writing like an interview”, I mean like, “this activity made me into ____ person”, another activity made me learn about ______ and this affected me because/like ___". </p>
<p>Also, in regards to the 3rd style (the one that you teach), what sort of ratio do you suggest? (again, this isn’t for UC) My strength is creative writing so I want to keep a lot of what I wrote.</p>
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<p>This may be me being evasive, but I don’t want to give you a prescriptive / pedantic answer one way or the other. The ratio would be so highly dependent on the content of the essay and the style of the writer. I would only be able to evaluate once I read a given essay. Be wary of any advice that does give you a “definitive” answer, though I’m sure you know this as a creative writer. Are you an intended CW major?</p>
<p>Great advice CardinalFocused! Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>I have written my essay but I am getting mixed signals from everywhere. From my literature teacher’s view, my personal statement is focusing too much on the past (when I was 8) and not contemporary so it doesn’t show my growth and possible contribution to the college. In other words, it doesn’t show me as a potential student; but the prompt asks to address a experience, contribution, quality,etc. that I am proud of. I did that but is it still not ok? Then I got that it was an interesting anecdote from a student adviser from the school that I want to go to. So, now I am all confused. If I can, may I pm my statement(unedited) and have you look at it? Thank you.</p>
<p>I am having big problems with Prompt 1. I’m kind of picking different majors for each college because I want to do something with law. </p>
<p>My top goal is to major in Rhetoric at Berkeley, but I really can’t explain why I like it. Also, I literally have no extracurriculars, work experience, or internships surrounding Rhetoric.</p>
<p>@randombookie, you kinda resurrected a dead thread 
haha. I’m also pre-law and I’m incorporating that into my PS. I’d suggest you do the same if you know what kind of law you want to pursue. </p>
<p>I just took a look at your created threads and I wish I had joined this site earlier. I assume due to the academic renewal thread you took that D in calc? Man, whoever told you to take the D really screwed you over because that will be calculated in your LSAC GPA. Maybe you Withdrew or got a C and that would be much better but just in case you didn’t know, I wanted to inform you that LSAC calculates every single college class ever taken. My advice would be to take the EASIEST classes you can in an effort to pad your GPA and start prepping for the LSAT if you are serious about law. I would also join TLS as that forum will really help you out. Good luck my friend.</p>
@CardinalFocused
Can I use quotes in my UC 2 prompt?
Appreciate your help!
@Salutation please don’t bump 2+ year old threads
@salutation, you can use quotes if it’s a phrase that’s important to you. But don’t pepper them all over the place.
@luckie1367
Sorry about that. I didn’t know. I won’t do it again.
@lindyk8
Its just one quote and it means a lot to people from where I come. I will evolve my story from that quote.