chances for any UC

kyledavid80
Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:48:37 +0000

does the personal statement count a lot for UCs?



The personal statement, at Berkeley at least, is of utmost importance – too often people are rejected for doing a mediocre job on essays. Similarly, ‘mediocre’ students are accepted for making really awesome essays (see the Berkeley forum for discussions on this). According to Berkeley’s common data set, essays are “very important,” as important as GPA and rigor of course load (not to mention state residency).

For the lower UCs, it isn’t stressed as much as it is at Berkeley.