MISCONCEPTIONS OF GETTING INTO UCLA | HOW I GOT INTO UCLA (Part 1) | College Talks

Hello, Nurds!!

"You want to know the formula to get in. Take out your pencils." 

This is a quote from Admissions, starring Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Nat Wolff, and Lily Tomlin. Tina Fey plays a Princeton University admissions counselor and this quote is the beginning of every speech she makes when encouraging prospective students to apply. 

The thing is. I'm not exactly sure how I got into UCLA, which might come as quite a shock for you.  With that said, I have no guidelines or any instructions to provide you. I just have my experiences. I emphasize my, because they are personal and unique to me. If you get into UCLA or any school for that matter, you'll find that in many ways you are similar to your peers, but you never share the same background or life or appearance. And you're not supposed to.

I have no experience with reading admissions essays, but I am completely adamant that the admissions readers could smell fabrication by the click of a button. They understand that you may have done the bare minimum to get in and they'll for sure see if you if you're catering to UCLA specifically by being the "perfect student".