http://talk.collegeconfidential.com en Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:21:58 GMT vBulletin 30 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://talk.collegeconfidential.com http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-general/815779-can-i-leave-my-sat-score-section-blank-now.html Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:20:57 GMT I'm waitin until I take the dec sats and see what i get. Does that mean I can leave the sat section blank or should i put a previous sat score down? ]]> University of California - GENERAL kokoboi-314049 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-general/815779-can-i-leave-my-sat-score-section-blank-now.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-general/815774-3rd-personal-statement.html Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:09:32 GMT How important is the 3rd and optional "personal statement"?

It states:

"Unless you were directed earlier in the application to clarify or expand on other information (e.g., to list additional names, explain citizenship/visa issues, discuss reasons for applying to EOP, etc.), this section is optional. If you wish, you may use this space to tell us anything else you want us to know about you or your academic record that you have not had the opportunity to describe elsewhere in the application. "

I was not directed earlier. I don't have any strange trends in my grades or scores (I don't have any random Ds or Fs and I took all my SATs and got good marks). So what could I really mention here? ]]> University of California - GENERAL AltoPalo-302780 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-general/815774-3rd-personal-statement.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-general/815707-uc-essay-info-look.html Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:25:15 GMT Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud, and how does it relate to the person you are?


Lots of my teachers and counselors tell me that a good thing to write about ur essay is something that'll make the admission counselors ask themselves "what happened here" by looking at ur app. For ex if you didn't do that well in a subject and you've never gotten that bad of a grade in high school, is this a good thing to write about and kinda explain in a way why this happened and how you learned from it n ****?

PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!! ]]> University of California - GENERAL godsGift-277732 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-general/815707-uc-essay-info-look.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-general/815597-uc-application-help.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:36:37 GMT I have two questions concerning my application.

First, I want to know if I'm considered as first-generation attending college. My parents has studied in a four-year college in another country, but when they went here in the U.S., their degrees were not acknowledged. So should I mention their education even if the U.S. doesn't recognize it as legit.


And second, I want to know how to put grad seminar classes on the application. Basically, grad seminar is a credit recovery program, but in my situation, I'm not taking it because I have a D or an F, but because I'm missing credits. I used to live in Arizona and their high school system is different from the California high school I'm currently attending, that's why I'm missing credits. I asked one of the counselors, and she said include the courses I took in grad sem, but I don't know how to put it.

Please help me, and thank you. :] ]]> University of California - GENERAL Pandee-315457 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-general/815597-uc-application-help.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-general/815557-sat-score-better-uc.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:13:02 GMT Oct. SAT CR:630 M: 580 W: 640 (E:7 MC:68) T:1850 Nov. SAT CR: 590 M:640 W:640 (E:8 MC:65) T:1870 Thanks. :) Oct. SAT

CR:630
M: 580
W: 640 (E:7 MC:68)
T:1850

Nov. SAT

CR: 590
M:640
W:640 (E:8 MC:65)
T:1870

Thanks. :) ]]> University of California - GENERAL edwards-183610 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-general/815557-sat-score-better-uc.html