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Ivies (& Selective Schools) –

Firstly, it’s important to understand that there are many colleges and universities around the world that have ZERO additional “supplemental” essays. For these schools, the Personal Essay is all the school requires. For other schools, there might be one or two supplemental essays. For most “selective” schools around the nation, you can plan on writing 2-7 supplemental essays. How a student answers these is tremendously important and oftentimes the secondary or tertiary factor that makes or breaks an application. These essays deserve much time and attention.



University of California Schools –

The UC Schools have a group of four “Personal Insight” questions that are unique to the UC system application. Once again, how a student answers these is very specific and important.

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