if I spoke about a challenge I had to overcome, can I talk about the same challenge in my supplemental essay? Or should it be a completely different topic completely.
What is a supplemental essay? I don’t recall an essay beyond the personal insight questions.
Either way, I would suggest another topic to show another part of your personality and experience.
I don’t know anything about the UCLA application in particular but I can say if there are 2 essays they should not be on the exact same topic.
Are you referring to the supplement request that UCLA sends out to certain applicants during the admissions evaluation period? At this point, you have no way of knowing if you will receive a supplement request. Most do not. But if you do get one, it is because UCLA specifically wants more information about something you wrote about in your personal insight questions (either a particular talent/skill you possess or a challenge/hardship you faced.) So yes, in the supplement you would expand on something you wrote about in one of your personal insight questions.
Good luck.
ah, that makes sense! I’ve just seen some places that there’s the 4 insight essays and a separate one that you could send in yourself as an option… thank you for explaining!