<p>True
Depends
Depends</p>
<p>What I mean by depends is that every UC campus has a different philosophy. Some will be conservative with their essays, some with be more open minded. The best way to think about an essay is to think of it as a final exam. It won’t turn a C into an A but it would definitely give a nudge from B to A-.</p>
<p>P.S. You have an amazing GPA. In case your curious, UC’s will weigh GPA noticeably more than test scores. My SAT score was 2040 but the fact that my weight gpa was a low 3.8 still kept me from being accepted to UCI.</p>