<p>Hey so I just kind of discovered this website and I need some help with the first prompt for the UC essay. The prompt is "Describe the world you come from - for example your family, community or school - and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations."
I was thinking about talking about how I have two very different cultural backgrounds in my family, my dad being from Iran and my mom being from Europe, and how that has influenced be growing up. Any ideas?</p>
<p>Welcome to CC! You will find it to be an amazing resource
that is a perfect, very interesting background to write about. Nevertheless writing an essay about identity is not as easy as writing an essay about, say, an activity. It certianly has a lot of potential. just be careful not to be cliched, make it personal, honst, and genuine, becuase that always shows through. use specific examples. that is all the advice I can give. you really just have to write your own essay. once you've written a rough draft, don't be afraid to have your english teacher read over it and give you suggestions. Also, if you feel confortable about it, you can always ask people on this board to read it and give yu suggestions. all you have to do is send your essay via a private message. The poeple on here are genearlly upstnding and will give you good feedback, but always be careful. personally, i'm not aplying to cal, i'd be willing to take a look at it eventually</p>