<p>Heres what the UC EOP thing says…</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/programs/eop.html[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/programs/eop.html</a></p>
<p>Also, it lists all the offices at each school… I would just call which ever one you are applying to. I may apply, but I don’t think I will gear an essay towards what they want. I mean, hell… I probably qualify financially, but I can’t say that its been a roadblock to my academic achievement. My record says otherwise as does everything else I have.</p>
<p>Also, from what they give you, and the rationale im looking at, it almost seems as though they want you to “whine” a bit. Thats unlike all other essays, where they want to hear how tyou overcame… but from what the EOP website is saying, it appears that they want to hear why you couldnt, or had trouble overcoming whatever your circumstance is. Im not sure… my college counselor told me the opposite of that, saying if I do choose to write about my circumstances then I should write the “I overcame…” essay, but she is not at all familiar with EOP.</p>
<p>If you want, I can look over you essay and make a judgement as to whether it whines to much, but I am not the EOP office so my opinion is just that, my opinion.</p>