Finally! New UC Essay Prompts!
Good news! The UC System has changed their application essay prompts for 2017!
I can’t believe it took the UC’s 10 years to finally toss out their ridiculous essay prompts. These topics used to be nearly impossible for top students to discuss meaningful projects because the UC’s wanted them to talk about their families or community for one essay, and about an important quality or talent for the other.
This is really good news for juniors who will be writing these essays this summer.
There will be a total of 4 essays for the new UC applications. These essays will be shorter – just 350 words each – and you’ll have 8 topics to choose from.
Transfer students will also have 4 essays to write but one of them will be major-specific. All essays will have equal values so students can choose from several topics.
The new UC application will be ready on August 1st for the Fall 2017 applications.
I’ll post the prompts as soon as they are available!