Talking about one campus: You’re talking to all UC campuses you apply to in your responses. (Unless you apply to only one UC school, don’t make your responses school-specific. All the UC schools you’ve applied to will read your PIQ responses.) Inappropriate use of humor Creative writ...
In fact, the UC admission office has asked us counselors to please refer to the writing parts of the UC application as “Personal Insight Questions” (which I’ll do throughout this guide), so that students don’t think of these as essays you’d write for a class—they’re pretty diffe...
Selecting the right UC Personal Insight Question (PIQ) is crucial to crafting a compelling essay. Start by reviewing all eight prompts and consider which ones align most closely with your unique experiences, strengths, and values. Choose prompts that allow you to highlight different aspects of yo...
They do so in part because, while somewhere around 30,000 such students each year could apply to the best institutions in the United States (as in, they are just as academically qualified as other applicants), most don’t apply to a single selective school. QuestBridge has worked to change...