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Where did this interest come from?  \n● It can come from anywhere. What matters is that it’s genuine.  \n● Pick times in your life when you felt that interest develop, then write about like a short story.  \n● Specifically describe what happened, how you felt, and how it made you interested in studying this. How has this interest changed you? Where do you want to take this in the future?  \nAdditional Prompts  \n1. Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time.  \n● Tell a story. Think about a time[s] you were a leader, no matter how big or small. Specifically describe what you did and what you did to accomplish it, very specifically.  \n● What did you feel? How did it change you?  \n2. 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.  \n● How are you creative? It can be as simple as making a meal, drawing, or being able to talk your way out of situations.  \n● Write about how you express it, like you’re telling a story about yourself. Describe your process, what it looks like, what it feels like, from start to finish. Then write how has it changed you as a person.  \nPrompts Continued  \n3. What would you say is your greatest talent or skill? How have you developed and demonstrated that talent over time?  \n● What are you good at? It can sewing, basketball, being really good at resolving arguments, etc.  \n● Describe how you’ve developed it. Explain how through your life, using specific examples, you’ve used and improved it. What is your process? Then reflect, why is it important to you, and how has it changed you?  \n4. Describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced.  \n● Different for everyone. What matters is that it is something impacted your education, and something you had to acton.  \n● Describe it. Be specific. What you did to overcome/take advantage of it? That’s where we learn about you. How has this changed you?  \nPrompts Continued  \n5. 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?  \n● If you wrote about a challenge for the last one, then make sure it’s different from this one.  \n● This can be any situation you have faced, in your life, that challenged you. Describe it like a story. What happened, how did you feel, what did you do to face it?  \n● Reflect on how it has changed you, personally and academically.  \n6. What have you done to make your school or your community a better place?  \n● Can be as small as a group project, to a beach cleanup, to volunteering. The idea is that it meant something to you.  \n● Talk about why you did it. Then describe what you did, and how you did it. What did it fe","cbCaiv6DxhtqeC3Q","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiv6DxhtqeC3Q","pdf",1765569,"English","# UC Transfer Essay Overview\n## How Universities Use the Essay\n## How the Student Should Use the Essay\n# Additional Prompts (1-7)\n## General Strategies","[{\"question\":\"What is the required UC transfer essay question and what does it ask students to address?\",\"answer\":\"The required question asks students to describe how they prepared for their intended major, including readiness to succeed in upper-division courses after enrolling. 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