55 Word Illustrated Anecdote
The important thing is expressing who you are, what matters to you and what you want to share with UC. You will need to write to 4 out of 8 prompts. Each of these questions should be answered with an anecdote to illustrate your reply.
1. Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time.
2. Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving, original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side.
3. What would you say is your greatest talent or skill? How have you developed and demonstrated that talent over time?
4. Describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced.
5. Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement?
6. Think about an academic subject that inspires you. Describe how you have furthered this interest inside and/or outside of the classroom.
7. What have you done to make your school or your community a better place?
8. Beyond what has already been shared in your application, what do you believe makes you stand out as a strong candidate for admissions to the University of California?
Deliverables:
1. Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time.
2. Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving, original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side.
3. What would you say is your greatest talent or skill? How have you developed and demonstrated that talent over time?
4. Describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced.
5. Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement?
6. Think about an academic subject that inspires you. Describe how you have furthered this interest inside and/or outside of the classroom.
7. What have you done to make your school or your community a better place?
8. Beyond what has already been shared in your application, what do you believe makes you stand out as a strong candidate for admissions to the University of California?
Deliverables:
- A 55 word animation answering one of the UC prompts.
- 4 completed essays of your choice 300-350 words. Each needing an anecdote to
illustrate your response to the prompt
Exemplar
One of the UC Prompts:
2. Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving, original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side.
My 55 word response:
I built a house, however I subbed out the drywall. Every Time I looked up I saw the uneven ceiling I was disappointed. To redo it would cost a lot of money. So I painted black and chalked a Matisse style pattern to hide the imperfections. It looks cool cost $40 and 10 hours of caulking.
One of the UC Prompts:
2. Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving, original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side.
My 55 word response:
I built a house, however I subbed out the drywall. Every Time I looked up I saw the uneven ceiling I was disappointed. To redo it would cost a lot of money. So I painted black and chalked a Matisse style pattern to hide the imperfections. It looks cool cost $40 and 10 hours of caulking.