Guidelines

• Transfer Students : There is one required question you must answer, as well as three out of seven additional questions.
• Freshmen : You will have 8 questions to choose from. You must respond to only 4 of the 8 questions.
• Each response is limited to a maximum of 350 words.

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​QUESTIONS:

1. Please describe how you have prepared for your intended major, including your readiness to succeed in your upper-division courses once you enroll at the university. （Required question for Transfer Students）
2. Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes, or contributed to group efforts over time.  
3. Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving, original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side.  ​
4. What would you say is your greatest talent or skill? How have you developed and demonstrated that talent over time? 
   
5.  Describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced.
6. Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement?
7. What have you done to make your school or your community a better place?  
8. ​What is the one thing that you think sets you apart from other candidates applying to the University of California?

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