<p>I'm a little confused at what the University of California prompts are asking for. </p>
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<li> How have you taken advantage of your educational opportunites you have had to prepare for college?</li>
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<p>I don't want to just say the typical thing like 'I always do my best, etc, etc' What types of things should be said that interest an admissions officer? My High School is run on a Quarter system that allows students to finish a full course in a semester's time. I chose the school because I knew I could explore all types of electives and find out my educational strengths and interests. Would something like that work?</p>
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<li> Is there anything you would like us to know about you or your academic record that you have not had the opportunity to describe elsewhere in the application?</li>
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<p>This is the most troubling prompt for me. My grades have been about the same for all 4 years of high school. I have only taken one AP course and have below average SAT scores. The thing that concerns me is that it could sound like I'm making up excuses for low test scores. Saying "I always test poorly" seems like a weak excuse. Should I even bring up my test scores in this question? If no, what should I put here instead? My father actually had to convince the college he attended to accept him to the MBA Finance program because of his low test scores. He went on the graduate school and now makes over 100,000 a year. I'm really iffy about bringing that up, but I can't think of any other ideas for this question.</p>
<p>Thanks for all your help.</p>