With UC Application Deadlines Looming, Students Face A Holiday Weekend Writing College Admission Essays

By Jill Replogle | LAist | November 25, 2020

High school seniors all over the state may be spending their Thanksgiving break chewing their nails to shreds as they race against the end-of-month deadline (which has been extended to Dec. 4) to apply for the fall 2021 semester at University of California schools.

One especially anxiety-producing section they may have left until the last minute: the personal insight questions. You know, “Tell us why you’re amazing in 350 words or less.”

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