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AirTalk

With The UC App Deadline Coming Up, We Check In On What Students Need To Know

By AirTalk Staff
Published Nov 24, 2020
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 23: A student walks near Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA on April 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. According to reports, half of recent college graduates with bachelor's degrees are finding themselves underemployed or jobless. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
A student walks near Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA on April 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
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With The UC App Deadline Coming Up, We Check In On What Students Need To Know

With the 2021 Fall application coming for UCs on November 30, many college seniors will be spending their Thanksgiving break filling out their college applications and frantically writing essays. 

And in a year when so much has been disrupted and so many kids have spent their time at home, it might be challenging to figure out what to put in a college essay or how to make it stand out. 

We check in on what’s going on with the UCs and we get tips on app and essay writing from an expert. If you’re a student or parent and you have questions, call us at 866-893-5722. 

Guests:

Dale Leaman, Executive Director of the Office of Undergraduate Admission at University of California, Irvine 

Arun Ponnusamy, chief academic officer and college counselor for Collegewise, an educational consulting company