#college 
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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?

### 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
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- 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
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- 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