UC application personal statement

Applying to College
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<p>I know that I only get to submit one set of essay (3 required essays) for all the UCs I apply to.</p>

<p>I'm applying to UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UC San Diego.
UCLA is my first choice school.</p>

<p>Should I focus my essay on UCLA alone?</p>

<p>For example, should I write "UCLA is gifted with it's excellent Economics Program with World Class professors, blah blah blah" or "UC is gifted with ..."?
I would really like to focus on UCLA alone because no other UCs have programs I want as in UCLA, and I think (just my opinion) that if i put extra emphasis on UCLA admission in my essay, i would have better chance of admission to UCLA.</p>

<p>However, I'm worried that If I do focus my attention on UCLA alone, it could possibly hurt my chance of admission to UCB and UCSD. </p>

<p>What would you suggest me doing?</p>

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<p>No, I don't think just saying UCLA works especially if you are applying to UCB and UCSD. Replace UCLA with UC has because the whole system has all the stuff from every campus.</p>

<p>All three of the campuses you are applying to has World Class professors and is gifted with stuff. </p>

<p>If you do want to go into Econ, UCB is better than UCLA.</p>

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<p>The point of the essays is to write about you, not the university. I think it would be misguided to directly address the essays towards one of the campuses. You could however, write about your keen interest in, or experiences with, economics</p>