University of California - Davis Undergraduate College Application Essays

As I finished reading the last page of “We Need to Talk About Kevin” by Lionel Shriver, my first thought was, “I can’t wait to review this on my blog.”

I started my blog in the summer before sophomore year, when I’d moved from India to Singapore....

“Pass me a new toothbrush please!” I heard my father shout. As I opened the bathroom drawer, I was taken aback- why does it look like my family owns a toiletry business? Our drawer was stacked with a range of toothbrushes, soaps in different...

To most Gen Z, life without internet or smartphones would be like life without food: (practically) impossible. However, I only gained an appreciation for the details behind the scenes in the summer of 9th grade when I created a chatting program to...

Blinking sweat from my eyes, I raised my chin up to the pullup bar one last time before dropping down, my muscles trembling. But despite my physical exhaustion at the end of the workout, mentally, I felt reinvigorated and stronger than ever....

March 2, 2006. Three immigrants: 2 parents and a child arrived in Rancho Cordova with three suitcases and $100. Due to the poverty of their home country, Moldova, the mother, and the father were willing to take a gamble in a brand new country,...

As the curtain rose on our school’s 50th annual program at Shilpakala Vedika, the spotlight operator looked confused. My heart skipped a beat. Minutes earlier, a last-minute change in the performance order had left the backstage crew scrambling....