<p>Hi all, </p>
<p>BTW I do not know how to indent on this thing so bare that in mind :). </p>
<p>As application season is still pretty far from now :), I decided to make a guide on how to get in the UCs based on my application and my experience for people who have no life and want to start prepping their application right now :). I donāt exactly know why Iām making a guide right now and especially during the summer, when I should be outside working out and getting fit for college but oh well :).</p>
<p>Ok for those who donāt know me. Uhh Iām Shibykin and most people who looked at the UC threads for fall 2010 know me as the VERY LUCKY guy who got in pretty much all the UCs except for UC Davis, with below average stats(ok mostly the GPA) and not many ECs. If you want to know my stats.</p>
<p>3.52 UC GPA
2120 SAT I
690 SAT II Math 2
760 SAT II Chinese
Chem and Bio horrible not posting ^^
Individual Work Experience
Personal Issues-Family(not super serious like divorce and such), Health(No I dont have a life threatening disease)</p>
<p>For people who are curious where I applied to:
Applied:All the UCs, SDSU, SJSU, Cal Poly(both)
Accepted:All the UCs except for UCD, SDSU, SJSU, Cal Poly Ponoma
Rejected: UCD, Cal Poly SLO >:O</p>
<p>Now I know there are people who are going to claim Iām a ā ā ā ā ā , but oh well donāt continue reading the guide :). I did get in UCLA and UCSB through appeal with no letters of rec. so I recommend appealing if you think you should get in :). I will say that I was never the honors student or the super smart student. I was top 60% in my class(yes laugh if you want XD, but I went to a competitive high school >:O) I only took 5 honors/AP courses my whole high school span</p>
<p>OK so letās start the actual guide which will first be about the essay, and Iāll continue with other topics that are relevant.</p>
<p>Essay Guide:</p>
<p>Step One-Know the Prompt</p>
<p>Uhh yea basically what Step One says. If you donāt know the prompt you may write something that didnāt even answer the prompt >.<. I donāt think the Prompt changes that often but check anyways :). For Class of 2011(high school o.o) it should be the same as 2010s :). Understand the prompt also o.O cuz sometimes they sound very funny -.-.</p>
<p>Step Two-Brainstorm Ideas</p>
<p>I brainstormed 10 ideas for each essay topic so that was 20 ideas :). Narrow them down to around 5, and make drafts for each idea :). I recommend picking ideas that show interest in w.e youāre interested in. Donāt pick depressing topics or pity-party topics since that gets you like nothing :(. You could mention it a little and say how it shaped you to what you are I guess o.o.</p>
<p>Step Three-Writing the Drafts</p>
<p>Yea write the essays for all ur ideas lol. Try to actually take time on it and make them look good then have someone else proofread them :). <em>Iād recommend an adult or someone you know is good at writing lol since you canāt always trust your peers :)</em> Try to give them enough time to actually read it and do it b4 application time >.< so you have time to actually fix it as much as you want. </p>
<p>Step Four-Edit</p>
<p>Edit the essays after you got them back lol. Uhh this is all on you lol. Edit until you canāt see a reason for the UCs to think your essay didnāt give them a good picture of who you are. You can go beyond 1000 words by a little like 12 -.- or w.e. Donāt repeat since words are so valuable :). Finish the essay.</p>
<p>Uhh ok I guess i could reserve the next few posts but iono how many I would reserve so no reservation I guess >.<.</p>
<p>To be continuedā¦</p>