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Writing the Personal Statement for UC Applications

Writing the Personal Statement for UC Applications. What is the Personal Statement?. Your opportunity to provide the university more information about yourself that has not been told on the application .

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Writing the Personal Statement for UC Applications

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  1. Writing the Personal Statement for UC Applications

  2. What is the Personal Statement? Your opportunity to provide the university more information about yourself that has not been told on the application. A chance for you to give the university strong reasons why you should be admitted out of thousands of applicants. Let’s listen to what others have said about Personal Statement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB4O2UXdLo0

  3. UC Fall 2014Personal Statement Prompts Understand what the prompts are asking. #1) Describe the world you come from—for example, your family, community, orschool—and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations. (500 words only) # 2) Tell us about a personalquality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. Andwhat about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud, and how does it relate to the person you are? (500 words only)

  4. Exercise for prompt 1: Describe the world you come from – for example, your family, community or school – and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

  5. Exercise for prompt 1: Describe the world you come from – for example, your family, community or school – and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

  6. Exercise for prompt 2: Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution, or experience that is important to you. What about the quality or accomplishment makes you proud, and how does it relate to the person you are? Fill in the information below to describe you or your life: • What role do I normally play in my family or among my classmates or friends? • I always like to help others. • What leadership positions have I held in- or outside the school? • I was the basketball captain for my high school team. • What community services and/or jobs have I had? • I volunteered at the senior citizen home. • I worked part-time at the city’s district office as an office assistant to the City Mayor. • From the list, What types of awards or honors have I received? • Best Volunteer of the Month • Dean’s list (or Honor roll) student • Won the first place in the U.S. News Magazine Cover Design Contest • Received the patent from the government of China for my invention • What is the most meaningful experience you have had? • I taught music to children with disabilities. I learned a lot about their condition and how to interact with others and make them feel accepted and valued.

  7. Exercise for prompt 2: Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution, or experience that is important to you. What about the quality or accomplishment makes you proud, and how does it relate to the person you are? • Fill in the information below to describe you or your life: • What role do I normally play in my family or among my classmates or friends? • 1. • What leadership positions have I held in- or outside the school? • 1. • 2. • What community services and/or jobs have I had? • 1. • 2. • What types of awards or honors have I received? • 1. • 2. • What is the most meaningful experience you have had? • 1. Choose one or two things from your answers that BEST describe you or your life so far

  8. Exercise for prompt 2: tell about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution OR experience that is important. What about it makes you proud, and how does it relate to the person you are?

  9. Exercise for prompt 2: tell about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution OR experience that is important. What about it makes you proud, and how does it relate to the person you are?

  10. Writing the personal statement • Plan to format your writing for each topic and stay within the word limit: • Introduction (1 paragraph; less than 100 words) • Body (1 or 2 paragraph; 300-400 words) • Conclusion (1 paragraph; less than 100 words) • Stay on topic - always remember what the topic is and what the questions are asking. • Be specific and detailed. (Check out our blog for a Word List.) • Keep it interesting and positive – for instance, if you mention about your failure, please focus on how you overcame or what you learned to do better.

  11. Writing the personal statement • Vary your sentences and use transitions • Do not begin your sentence with “I” all the time. When describing what happened in the past, please use “past-tense”. • Use formal language: • For instance, no “gonna”, “okay”, and spell out abbreviations – “You are” not “You’re” • No texting language, like “ur,” or “BTW,” LOL! • Revise, revise, revise! Proofread, proofread, proofread! DO NOT copy or plagiarize!!

  12. Sample of VAGUE OR WORST introductions • I was born in china which it is has the most population over the world. As we know, China is a developing country. Most Chinese are in low income. Fortunately, my father is a businessman, so my family can live in an easy and comfortable life. I have a brother and a sister. They are older than me. I am the youngest in my family. Because of I’m the youngest, everyone who in my family all love me… • In our life, we always have many accomplishments, it may be very a difficult thing or a easy thing, but I think it must be a good memory and experience in your life, sometime it maybe make you proud of yourself, Because you have this accomplishment. Such as me, I also have some special accomplishments, But my most precious accomplishment is always make me feel proud of myself. • To attend High school of Beijing University, that is why I began to learn math contest when I was in elemental school. In Beijing, every good junior high school will hold a math contest by themselves to choose students. If students have some prize about math contest, they will have advantages to enter the greatest high school…

  13. Assignment Your advisor will let you know when your first draft is due. Always submit your TWO Personal Statements ON TIME. Each of your P.S. should: - Be TYPED, - Be DOUBLE SPACED (space between each line), - Include a WORD COUNT showing how many words total, and - Show your NAME on the top of the P.S. For additional help on how to write a good personal statement: Please visit the IUPP blog at http://iuppblog.weebly.comto click on the resource website links.

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