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Appreciate the feedback. I'll keep your comment in mind as I get to updating the guides in the future!

I don't think so; unless you can pull off the summary and transition in 2-3 sentences, it's better you just go straight to the highest IQ experience of Econ that you're engaging today, and how that leads you to wanting to learn the next set of tools and specialized knowledge in economics to become capable of pursuing more advanced interests. Also, saying "ever since I was a child, I liked engineering" is very generic. Even if you're using it to pivot, it just seems like an unnecessary use of word count. Why not just start with the high IQ econ experiences and then use the remaining space to talk about about your endeavors today and your future aspirations for the subject?

If you're applying to more than the UC's, you're likely going to run into Why Major prompts, in which case Prompt #6 is great for that. Perhaps you can use your personal background in the backyard as a personal anecdote of how you grew up using math in your own unique/personal way, and then talk more about how that built into your major interests, because basically everything synergizes with math. You can then transition to higher IQ content that reflects your intellectual and academic goals related to math and your major.

Thanks, will adjust!

If your insights about coaching/mentoring as a leader are unique and interesting, then you can focus more on the positive value aspects of your leadership while not shining light on the weak areas of your leadership that you see. I've seen students successfully write a compelling leadership essay with your given constraints. Just really comes down to avoiding writing generically.

You can, but it wouldn't be an optimal choice to put in there. This leads to a question of whether you should aim to saturate all 5 slots (like some do with the President's Volunteer Service Award) or respect the "Academic" element. In general, I tend to see students just fill up the slots with anything that could be State, National, or International in recognition, even though it may not be Academic in nature if they cannot saturate all 5 spots. In general, if you're struggling to fill any of the slots with an academic award, you're likely at most competitive for T1.5 schools. Let's say you're a T3-4 student... in this case, I would say just saturate the honors slot because the argument is that the perception/printout of the application will still have a visual impact when you highlight your character awards. But for T1.5+, I would say that the competition you're compared to will make your non-honors inserts potentially less valuable. Lots of variables here as you can see, but I hope this gives you some insight.

@@CounselorJay thank you for the detailed information!

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if the student is balck or latino, it will be way easier to get in UC.

@@DanielDD4889 Incorrect. The only differentiation now allowed is family income. There are no race based criteria in California anymore.

⁠@@matthewhuszarik4173Oh my god. There’s a huge advantage if you’re Hispanic or Black. Income shouldn’t matter neither. Every heard of DEI?

@@MrBUGS713 Income does matter. With income comes better primary and secondary schools. Better private tutors, SAT ACT coaching, ghost writers writing essays, never having to get a job, baby sit, or even do chores. The affluent’s children are professional students. Their parents manipulate every possible factor for an advantage. They have college admission coaches who are former admission officers who charge $10,000 and walk their childs through the college admissions process to maximize your advantage. The problem is if you are well off and don't cheat or game the system you are screwed, because the well off cheat at everything and not cheating puts you at a huge disadvantage. We are well off and live in Santa Barbara CA about as affluent an area as you get. I tell my daughter to do her own homework and she tells me nobody does their homework alone either they do it with their tutors or their parents spend hours doing it with them. We know less affluent children who got accepted with poorer grades, less difficult classes, and far less optimum extra curricular activities. My daughter it multilingual, she volunteers from 300-500 hours a year.

That's getting deep! haha. I would argue that the 350w limit makes it difficult to attempt a leadership essay that is unconventional to that degree. For practical reasons, I think it's better to go with a leadership experience that incorporates leading followers. Granted, if you think you have an idea or example that showcases this notion, I'll be glad to read it and give my thoughts on it.

So materially, it's considered a very solid Top 5 Academic Honor/Distinction on the Commonapp. So that's one extra ticked box for a National award. Besides that, I'd argue there's a correlation (not necessarily causation) for NMSQT semi-finalists and finalists becoming very consistent T2 and higher accepted student profile.

Thanks for the feedback; I'll be ensuring the audio quality is consistent in the future!

Seemed ok to me

Got it, Bowdn. Thanks!

Hey there, I appreciate this so much. Happy New Year and GL on your ventures!

Not different at all!

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