READING MY UC ESSAYS | Accepted into UCLA, UC Davis, and UC San Diego

In this video, I'll be reading my University of California Essays, providing some advice/feedback from each essay, and sharing some tips that I found to be very helpful!
The college search is always stressful, and if you're watching this, you're probably trying to find some sort of guidance and/or direction in regards to conjuring up your college essays (I know because I was here sifting through KZbin too). I hope this video provides you with the inspiration you're looking for and alleviates some of that college-search stress!!
I applied to 4 out of the 10 University of California Schools: UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and UC San Diego. I was accepted into UCLA, UC Davis, and UC San Diego, but I was sadly not accepted into UC Berkeley.
TO HELP YOU OUT:
0:00 Intro
1:02 Essay 1
3:20 Essay 2
5:28 Essay 3
7:53 Essay 4
10:37 Some Tips
Essay 1: Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time.
Essay 2: 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.
Essay 3: Think about an academic subject that inspires you. Describe how you have furthered this interest inside and/or outside of the classroom.
Essay 4: Beyond what has already been shared in your application, what do you believe makes you stand out as a strong candidate for admissions to the University of California?
ABOUT ME:
Aloha, I'm Hiʻi, and I'm an incoming First-Year at Brown. I'm also a health-conscious and adventurous island nerd who makes videos about health-conscious and adventurous island nerd sorts of things :)
Instagram: @aloha.hiilei

[@mooskit6137]

You are such a good writer!! I'm so scared that my essays are choppy and uninteresting :(

[@kianehyaie7343]

THAT SECOND ESSAY WAS JUST WOWWW!!

[@i5725]

Yes... I’ve procrastinated... and yes, this is really helpful. Thank you!

[@powpowpow3963]

me procastinating doing them two days before 😀

[@evanwhitchurch5478]

sammmeee

[@pl8848]

I haven't even started 🤧

[@tonikwan1919]

right there with u😭😭

[@powpowpow3963]

@@tonikwan1919 I feel so safe in this comment section🥰

[@hannahabebe9622]

THIS COMMENT SECTION, literally same you guys, we got this!!!

[@yiluli3209]

Thank you so much for this video! 😚 Your tips are really helping this step I’m taking a little less daunting. Wishing everyone applying THE best 🤟😛!!!

[@coolcat3281]

Oh wow! I love all your essays! you write sooooooo well!

[@dayv5876]

You definitely made me laugh a few times throughout this video haha. You seem to have a great personality. Thanks for sharing!! :)

[@selimaterras1527]

Thank you so much for your video. You sound so genuine and pure

[@dance4ever940]

wow your essays were so unique and so well-written! and you're so naturally funny...

[@allison-he7hr]

your essays are so well written. i loved your fourth essay 🤌

[@lakshmimohan183]

These essays are literally SO good!! It's amazing how much you can learn about someone through just 4 essays - no wonder you got accepted to those amazing universities! I'll have to try my best to write mine as well as these :D Your editing is really cute too

[@hiisanchez5437]

Aw thank you so much!! 💛💛

[@annaasophia]

I don’t know what I’d be doing without this video...I LOVED IT!

[@hiisanchez5437]

Anna Esparza awww thank you!!!

[@HaydenWeber]

Congrats for getting into those schools! I applied to UCLA as well and then CAL and UCSB

[@yeab8634]

this is so helpful!!!! thanks a lot for sharing.

[@yourkxv]

oh my goodness thanks dawg, just listening to your essay 3 let me plan out mine. there’s deadass 24 hours left to turn it in as i’m writing this😁😁

[@emilyko8206]

Girl... you did not type that the day it was due AND get accepted into all those! UNITE STATS OF AMERICA ? I died. Congrats you seem like an awesome person haha.

[@choblgobblrr1074]

They don’t care about your writing 1000%. Of course it is important, don’t ignore it completely, but they’re looking for your message more than smaller errors

[@erickn4515]

Thank you so much! This video was so insightful!

[@hiisanchez5437]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@yuhsinchiu1444]

Tip number 2 hits me hard, well I still got a month, hope I can finish everything and not procrastinate

[@bri-4059]

I'm seriously in awe of how you wrote your essays!! Do you review UC PIQs? I would love for you to proofread one (or a few) of mine🥺 I totally understand if you can't!

[@wongvlogz]

Dang no wonder you got in😩 awesome essays!!

[@paulacrod]

these essays are *chefs kiss*

[@ashleygustafson3471]

Not me writing them 5 hours before the pushed back due date.

[@lianak7591]

OMG SAME

[@tia6437]

did you get in??

[@ludielizsilaya7207]

The 2nd one made me cry! I wouldn’t have gave read the third one. I would have admitted you just on the second one.

[@jen6294]

the second essay AMAZING

[@sophiarsanchez]

all of these were so good

[@StxtchKiss]

Plzzz these are so good 😁 because I def didn't wait until the day it's due for background info 😅

[@alinahuang1707]

This was so helpful! I was wondering what was your major for each uc school? :)

[@orangegirl04]

Thank you so much !!!! 💜💜🌟

[@_spl]

LMAO I am currently procrastinating right now 😭🖐🏽

[@beingmaiily4064]

Same girl😭 we got this❣️

[@_spl]

@@beingmaiily4064 yes ma’am we do 😭

[@joannelee5574]

I started writing today🤡🤡

[@oliviajaime7869]

@@joannelee5574 good luck!!!

[@joannelee5574]

Olivia Jaime ty ;v; Godspeed to you as well👏👏

[@lillianho6613]

I'm currently revising my essays and it's just :')

[@skyewilson5860]

this was super informative and I loved your essays!! would you mind sharing what major(s) you applied to the UCs as?

[@hiisanchez5437]

Thank you! As for majors, I applied to UC Davis as a Biological Sciences, A.B/B.S., UCLA as a Biology, B.S., and UCSD as a Human Biology, B.S. 😊

[@hariharan3085]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@jadenmena]

Thanks a lot for sharing

[@nel3901]

Please make one about your Brown supplementals! Hope you have a great day.

[@hiisanchez5437]

Don't worry, it's on the way!! :)

[@nel3901]

Hiilei Sanchez YAY

[@anirudhvee]

Hey Hiilei! Can you please make a video on your stats? Great video btw!

[@hiisanchez5437]

Thank you! Don't worry! My stats video will be up very soon :)

[@bradlee521]

How did you finish all of these on the last day? That is insane... You must be super talented. People work on these 3-4 months before. Wow that really is crazy.

[@hiisanchez5437]

I am a professional procrastinator 😌. But on a serious note, please don’t procrastinate!! 😂🙏

[@chasemartino1197]

Does that mean you didnt get into UCSB, or just didnt apply? Not throwing shade, just wondering if anyone that is accepted to UCLA would have a possibility of getting denied at UCSB

[@angelalim8399]

i kinda cried

[@thomascurry886]

anyone else applying to ucla want to comment here and come back when we get our decisions?

[@nguneko]

lmao currently revising my piqs rn

[@thomascurry886]

@@nguneko same sending mine in today

[@nguneko]

@@thomascurry886 oh cool i hope u get in :)

[@noorsyed8481]

im writing my last one rn lol i'll come back when i find out

[@pzz6367]

Hello there

[@gurpreetkhambra5160]

Do you think the prompt about having a favorite subject should be related to your major?

[@hiisanchez5437]

Gippy K In my opinion, I think that would be a good way to approach that essay. I think it could show the college that you’re serious about what you want to do, but we never really know what goes on in college admissions’ heads 😂

[@emmaknutson3924]

Which UCs did you apply to? Loved the video btw!!

[@hiisanchez5437]

Thank you!! I applied to UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Davis, and UC Berkeley. I got into all of them except for Berkeley 🤷‍♀️😂

[@varyvolovik1862]

you are very cool!

[@apricityluv]

“Do not procrastinate” me rn procrastinating

[@ancellery6430]

lol same

[@camnhihoang8631]

they were all so moving

[@wendychavarria800]

here procrastinating...

[@mdabuhashem6340]

Do we edit essays?

[@reginaleyva3418]

I have 4 days to write my essays 🥲

[@mdabuhashem6340]

It would be very beneficial if you do. You are an incredible writer

[@anuminocha3382]

Do you also read essays and give feedback? Thanks

[@ludielizsilaya7207]

Can you read and give essay feedback?

[@madhuriagarwal2294]

So you won awards at scholastic yet you had doubts about your artistic abilities?

[@kubwow]

NHD 😩😩

[@KoobaFN]

doing this at 1:45am. Its due at 11:59 today :)))))))))

[@user-zt1dr4gp7l]

4 more days until due and I only have 1/4 piqs done

[@coronaviruswebsite9868]

@@user-zt1dr4gp7lsame and I just submitted it today lol. How was it

[@matokin3189]

En el ultimo dia,

[@jensmalzer6344]

i want 2 die

[@rickyandrews8409]

I want to like to say that you are very pretty and beautiful girl