How To Write ALL 8 UC PIQ Essay Prompts (No BS, Pure Gold)

How to Answer Every Single UC Essay in 11 Minutes. No BS. Pure Genius. Follow this advice and get into every UC school.

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0:20 UC Prompt 1
1:40 UC Prompt 2
2:46 UC Prompt 3
4:05 UC Prompt 4
6:06 UC Prompt 5
7:23 UC Prompt 6
8:21 UC Prompt 7
9:34 UC Prompt 8

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0:26 - UC prompt #1
1:39 - UC prompt #2
2:43 - UC prompt #3
4:05 - UC prompt #4
6:05 - UC prompt #5
7:20 - UC prompt #6
8:19 - UC prompt #7
9:32 - UC prompt #8

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[SonakshiMittal]

1.
problem hook, solution, impact on others, people u helped
2.
write about something not thought as usually creative, how it impacted the community, combine academic + community, how solves problems
3.
quirky mundane skill, establish originality, how it is actually a positive trait like cards= balance
4.
(montage), educational grinding, prove I did everything to learn English literature, Shakespeare, singing in choirs,
5.
you making solutions !! write about 5 bullet points -address the issue, struggling to adapt, no magic moment acceptance, proactive do something, help others
6.
what is the subject why it inspires, how develop interest in that subject in classroom, 2nd para, connecting to activities outside the class, pinpoint specific, sub parts of subject
7.
get specific one experience, unique contribution to the cause
8.
be crazy

[normalperson]

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[SAHIL-JARH]

Hi!! Thank you so much for this video :) It was very helpful, and I got an offer from UC San Diego and UC Davis for this fall quarter as a Data Science Major. <3

[AshleyChing-co]

6) What it is, develop interest, connect outside classroom, more specific is better

7) Unique contribution to cause, INNOVATE, problem solving

[AbukNgor-th]

Hello am finding difficulties in choosing the right topic to write about. I will be glad if you post a video on the right topics to talk about.
Thanks

[mahannourian]

Would you recommend having the essays be somewhat correlated with my major, or does having essays that tell about my unique experiences that are not necessary correlated with my major good also? I understand there is not a single way to go about writing these essays but I was wondering what would you recommend?

[sneakersg]

Do you have a video guide on how to write the required essay for UC? University Readiness

[AbukNgor-th]

May you post a video about the prompt that says what will you bring to the college community and why us

[nguyenviethung]

I have a question, for the 6th prompt, If I am writing about me planning to carry en exhibition about the subject after the admisison time, is that valuable or should I only write about the impact and existed activities that I had executed

[singularitylearning]

Do you have to have how you volunteered in every essay you write or just 1 of them?

[AshleyChing-co]

1) Leadership = creative problem solving
Ex. Hackathon, team building exercise

Creative = not typical like coffee brewing,
pH and chemistry
How art solves problems

3) Quirky or mundane skill as a metaphor for a value
4) Overcome barrier for intl, ESL, low-income as montage

[enternamehere]

Unless your stories are directly related to an educational experience, I feel like UC's PIQ questions are a terrible way of selecting college students. They have no connection with actual education, which should be the main reason colleges accept students, but rather social/personal experiences, which is plain stupid.
If you didn't begin some sort of peaceful protest, somehow add a stop sign through your connections with the local council person as a 13-year-old, or break your leg during a surfing accident, you're pretty much doomed to enter any prestigious college.
It's like they don't want any smart people who just look after their education...
The system's broken.