<p>Hrm, maybe they might take awhile to respond back, but why dont you email and ask them? Im pretty confused too, if they respond back to you post it too... :]</p>
<p>oh heres the email for general questions about admissions...</p>
<p><a href="mailto:ucinfo@ucapplication.net">ucinfo@ucapplication.net</a></p>
<p>:P Just a suggestion...</p>
<p>ps. I kind of wished they didnt take it out too. I wanted to make them cry. haha</p>
<p>I've been lurking this forum for about one and a half years.. and I thought I might as well start contributing.</p>
<p>I received an email in the ucla cccp mailing list about the new personal statement questions. It reads:
"The University of California has just approved new prompts for the Personal Statement of the 2008-09 application for undergraduate admission.</p>
<p>Applicants will now be asked to respond to two prompts instead of three, using a maximum of 1,000 words total. The first prompt for transfer students remains the same as last year. The Additional Comments box that follows the Personal Statement has been expanded to 500 words to accommodate information students aren’t able to address sufficiently elsewhere in the application.</p>
<p>University faculty approved the revisions to the prompts with the goal of eliciting information from students that is more helpful in the comprehensive review process. Admissions Directors hope the broadness of these questions will result in better answers – and better clues about who students really are."</p>
<p>I hope that helps</p>