<p>Or should I just write it out any way I want (free form)? Or is it the thesis and 3 examples and conclusion structure? I'm still confused?</p>
<p>Yes, write any way you want. Remember to show your story, not just tell it. The “five-paragraph essay” structure is not good for anything outside of research papers, so it definitely shouldn’t be used for college essays.</p>
<p>Who is UC?</p>
<p>Read some sample student essays to get an idea of the informal structure.</p>
<p>Here is a Berkeley guideline with notes on structure
[The</a> Personal Statement](<a href=“http://students.berkeley.edu/apa/personalstatement/index.htm]The”>http://students.berkeley.edu/apa/personalstatement/index.htm)</p>
<p>samples, you can google around, plus there are books of them 50 essays that worked, etc:
[Tufts</a> University Admissions Department](<a href=“http://admissions.tufts.edu/apply/essay-questions/past-essays/]Tufts”>Past Essays | Tufts Admissions)
<a href=“http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2001/mar/010326.essays.html[/url]”>Morning Edition - College Application Essays;