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+### Questions
+- what kinds of teachers should I ask for letters of recommendation when there are more than two, should I try to find other outside people as well?
+- Should the UC application answers be one story or more general each?
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+### Notes
+- common app essay
+	- doesn't have to be 650 words
+	- 550-625 is a good word count
+	- topic is good for common app essay
+	- students now enjoying material after understanding
+	- essay goes too long and there is a lot of repetition
+	- should try to cut down essay and not say the same thing again and again
+	- maybe leads reader to think I want to be a teacher
+		- tone that part down
+		- more about helping other people rather than teaching
+	- structure looks pretty good
+	- make it easy to read
+	- 
+- UC questions don't want stories
+	- they want interview-style answers
+	- often read by outside readers (high school counselors)
+	- might try to calculate UC GPA
+	- 
+- might not get engineering subsection you want
+- change wording for university of Minnesota to make sure it doesn't seem pay to play
+- "helped to" isn't as strong
+- don't need to do optional recommenders
+- readers generally want less
+- only add another recommender if you think it will be helpful and add something new