how can I write my personal statement for the UC promt with different majors?

darksaber91
Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:27:21 +0000

You’re applying with History to both UCLA and Berkeley, which happen to be the only UC’s that currently read personal statements. SD and UCR admit completely off of numbers and don’t read the personal statement at all (that’s why they can admit using TAG). The PS is still sent to them because it can be used for scholarship considerations and other non-admission stuff.

In summation, you can safely write a History personal statement and not worry about it negatively affecting your chances at SD and UCR (unless SD fast-tracks their change to holistic admissions, but I think that’s unlikely).

If you want to make it a challenge though, you can look for some type of commonality between business/econ/history, focus on your experience with that common attribute, and talk about why they are all viable methods of getting to a particular career path or learning experience.