UC personal statement: writing about events before high school?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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<p>I was given a paper that tells you topics you should avoid when writing your UC personal statement. It said that I should not write about events that occurred before my four years of high school. However, I haven't found any other info backing it up (maybe I'm just not looking at the right websites). I looked at the UC website and I couldn't find info about it though. So was the paper giving incorrect information? Is it just for common app essays?</p>

<p>PS- if you can, can you please state the topic you wrote for your personal statement for prompts 1 & 2 (freshman prompt)? Thank you!</p>

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<p>Of course, they’re not going to block you from writing about something, but you should definitely write about something that will have a strong impace… For one of the prompts I wrote about, I talked about my experiences with wearing a back brace in eighth grade and how it has affected my life.</p>