Tips on UC college applications ?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>I'm going to work on my college applications this summer. Anyone have great tips on applications.., (essays especially)?</p>

<p>I plan to apply for (order of preference)
1) UC SAN DIEGO~~~~~~
2) UCLA
3) UCB
4) UC Davis
5) UC Irvine
and other UCs and safety schools.</p>

<p>So anyone have any tips on applications?</p>

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<p>Do you want to work together with me =). I need to research them too, and start preparing. High Five.</p>

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<p>Check out this youtube or google Applying to UC: The personal statement.
[Applying</a> to UC: The Personal Statement 2007 - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zo6NI4wHf4&feature=related]Applying”>Applying to UC: The Personal Statement 2007 - YouTube)</p>

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<p>That’s a long video…</p>

<p>But my input on the subject: </p>

<p>Start working on your app early. Start writing your essays before the app comes out (I think it comes out a month before it’s due). </p>

<p>For the essays, they are different from common app essays, they are more detail oriented, a laundry list of accomplishments would be a basic idea but you’d probably want to whittle it down into a theme or something and craft a beautiful essay about it. A touching story about how you grew as a person usually will not cut it. (I heard this from an admissions counselor. My essays were like that and I got into UCLA.)</p>

<p>For ECs and awards, start thinking about the ones most important to you and who you are. There’s only space for 5 ECs and 5 awards (I believe) so you probably want to choose the ones you’ve been in longest, most contributed to, etc. Don’t include clubs where you were simply a member. For awards, fill up the 5 slots with your 5 best awards.</p>

<p>Don’t submit it the day it’s due. Submit it at least 3 days before. The server has been known to crash basically every time in the last couple of days before it’s due. Sometimes they’ll extend it, but I wouldn’t count on it.</p>

<p>P.S. UCSD is known for having a less socially dynamic campus than other UCs, not sure if you might take this into consideration…</p>

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<p>Sorry for the late replies, I was in Japan .___.</p>

<p>wow thanks tedders83 and DrGoogle:D</p>

<p>Really? I heard USCD is a party school x_X</p>

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<p>UCSD is confused with San Diego State.</p>

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<p>Yup their totally different. </p>

<p>Of course the UC is better xD</p>

<p>Hm then, my cousin probably got mixed up then, b/c she told me that.</p>