<p>Is it required to have a thesis in your personal statement for the UC's? I have read some sample statements by people and almost none of them has a clear thesis.. ( and they are the ones that got the student in)</p>
<p>My mom is a college counselor and my brother, who is a senior, asked the same question. </p>
<p>Both my mom and the head of the English department said that theses are reserved mainly for literary analysis papers. Theses tell what you are going to prove. </p>
<p>In a personal statement you aren’t necessarily proving anything. </p>
<p>That being said, theses are not exclusivally reserved for literary analysis. </p>
<p>If you want to say I will bring blah, blah, and blah to the college i attend and then in separate paragraphs describe how then you need one. </p>
<p>But, if the writing piece is a descriptive or creative essay one is generally not needed. </p>
<p>I hope this helps!</p>
<p>Keep on reaching
(I am a sophomore)</p>