<p>for first prompt mine was I intersted in econ because it teaches the utility factor</p>
<p>and second, I wrote about imaginative power that I got</p>
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<li><p>I applied to UCLA (comm studies) and UCB (Business). I talked about how business is everywhere, how businesses continue to lead through innovation, and how communication amongst individuals within any give organization must be clear and direct in order for the organization to accomplish its goals as a functional body. </p></li>
<li><p>I talked about the significance of evolution and the will to change.</p></li>
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<p>For the first, I talked about my lifelong passion for the humanities. On the second, I wrote about seeing a performance of the Whirling Dervishes in a Seljuk caravanserai in Kappadokia, and related that to respect for native cultures, anthropology, and the historical tradition… I’m sure it was better than it sounds. :p</p>
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<li><p>I wrote about how I’m interested in psychology because my dad was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and paranoid schizophrenia, and is currently homeless because he refuses to take medication. </p></li>
<li><p>My husband lost his job two weeks into my fall semester, and I almost dropped out of school so I could work full time, so I wrote about my decision to stay in school even though it was the most difficult path to choose at that time. Also included the fact that I’m the first in my family to attend college, and that both my mother and father dropped out of community college to work.</p></li>
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<p>on the first one i talked about how i wanted to get into law not to help the less fortunate or to save the world or anything like that. i have first hand experience about how boring and tedious it is to be a lawyer and wasn’t scared at all because it’s important to just be an expert on something. wrote this in a really informal, conversational manner and made a few stupid john grisham references</p>
<p>second one was just your generic, sappy story on struggling from a low-income background to overcome blah blah blah…pretty much just used my high school one</p>
<p>in at irvine, sd, davis, la. waiting for berkeley</p>
<p>i think we should post if we got accepted or not too. just in case people next yr see our essay topics and they wouldn’t know if it was good or not:</p>
<p>so for my essay, i got accepted to UCLA so far, waiting on UCB</p>
<p>My main point was: UCLA please accept me because I am awesome.</p>
<p>They agreed</p>
<p>I wrote about my mom ( she passed away when i was young) and how education was important to her and how that rubbed off on me. Big sob story, but my life actually is kinda like a big sob story. hahahah</p>
<p>I got in everywhere I applied. (cal pending)</p>
<p>my essays were the same last year except for a few tweaks here and there and i got accepted to UCLA, this year i hope i get accepted too…</p>
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<li><p>Connected my work experience and EC experience with passion for my major…some major BSing. </p></li>
<li><p>Triumph through personal adversity and a major change.
all honest and heartfelt emotion for this one.</p></li>
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<p>I wrote about how my multiple brain surgeries & pain management at UCLA over past 10 years inspired interest in Psych & how the brain works. Got accepted as Anthro…</p>
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<li><p>Wrote about how language gives insight to cultures & how my interest in language arose from my mother immigrating here and having to learn English to survive.</p></li>
<li><p>Semi-BS about how I want to become a teacher in urban neighborhood since inner city kids are often overlooked and blah blah blah. It was very bleeding-heart~esque.</p></li>
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<p>At the time I was writing my essays (I sent them in more or less as 1st drafts w/very minimal editing) I didn’t really care since I didn’t think I was staying in California. Well, turns out I’m staying, so I should have put more work into them, but oh well. Got accepted to UCD, UCSB, and UCSC and just waiting on Cal.</p>
<p>Anyone else think that Dreaminday may be Karens? haha</p>
<p>1- For the first one I wrote about why I enjoy philosophy so much. I basically talked about being a complete wierdo and then, in my first philosophy class, i found out that there were a bunch of other wierdos out there like me (philosophers). I wrote about how great it was to find other people interested in the same questions as me. </p>
<p>Then I wrote about what I want to do after getting a BA in philosophy (grad school)</p>
<p>2-- For the second one, i wrote about a favorite pastime of mine, balancing things on my nose. I somehow made it sound like a legitimate and important thing 
(at least that’s what i was going for).</p>
<p>I got into UCSD (tap) and UCLA. Waiting on Cal</p>
<p>I don’t think the essay is the make or break factor in getting accepted. I think your stats and EC’s are like a story in themselves, and if you can make them look better in the essay without sounding like an idiot, then your application will probably come down to stats. If you are like boarder line, with low GPA and few EC’s, then I think the essay matters more and you have to write a really good one to get the spot over someone who wrote a terrible one but had great numbers. I didn’t show a single person my essay, even though they suggested a thousand times that I show other people…well apparently you don’t have to show anyone if you know it’s a good essay. Who else didn’t show anyone and got in?</p>
<p>For the first one I wrote about how my mother, who was really sick for many years (bed-ridden sick) and went to 14 different docs total and none could figure out what was wrong with her, was finally cured through alternative/eastern type medicine. Then I talked about how this experience, coupled with certain experiences in the emergency medical field inspired me to chose the path of medicine I am pursuing, and the major I am pursuing, Anthro w/ medical concentration</p>
<p>For the second one I wrote about determination because I only recently developed it in college, and I explained why, and tied it back to my experiences in the med field.</p>
<p>for the first one I wrote about all the things I love about science. I wrote about how I was that really weird kid in elementary school that liked to do science experiments and read my science book at recess and I tied that into my future/current interest in physics. </p>
<p>for my second essay I wrote about overcoming an Eating disorder and having to drop out of school to go to “eating disorder rehab” and how I managed to overcome those obstacles and succeed in school. And I talked a little bit about how having an ED made me want to go into medicine .</p>
<p>vintijthebruin- me!!!
last year i didnt show anyone and i got in.
but even though i used the same essays
i was a lil more doubtful this year so i showed my UCLA rep and he loved them…he even shed a tear.</p>
<p>was it the same UCLA rep that lied about the admission date? hahaaaa</p>
<p>no jerk, that was my transfer center co-coordinator who was mistaken!!!</p>
<p>this UCLA rep is one i personally sought after, separately from my school.</p>
<p>i walked up to the CCCP department and said “hey you, i need help”
and he said, “fo’ shizz”</p>
<p>and the rest was history as they say. </p>
<p>:P</p>
<p>1- Mentioned my friend who grew up in the foster care system (major is Social Welfare) I also talked about how the AmeriCorps program I did opened my eyes to the many different social problems throughout the US.
2- Wrote about my experience in AmeriCorps and how it matured me and what not…</p>