Amanda Alarcon studies at her home in La Puente. The Los Angeles High senior won admission to UCLA and UC Berkeley in one of the most competitive admissions seasons ever. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles ...

Okay. You’re about to start the Personal Insight Questions for the University of California undergraduate application. It’s stressful, we know! Read on or watch below for expert tips on what the “PIQs ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. In an effort to better support prospective students as they weigh their higher education options, the University of California ...

Seeking to support Santa Barbara area high school students interested in applying to any University of California campus, the admissions team at UC Santa Barbara is hosting free community workshops to ...

Preliminary data for fall 2025 released this week revealed that the University of California system admitted its largest number of California students ever while simultaneously seeing a slight drop in ...

October 9, 2025 - For Chelsea Duran, returning to high school for her senior year means being on high alert, watching over her shoulder for immigration enforcement agents. Este artículo está ...

Survive the college application process by showcasing your extracurricular activities, expressing your passions in the college essay and practicing self care. Applying for college is stressful. There ...

The University of California on Tuesday unveiled its first-ever systemwide admission guarantee for qualified transfer student applicants — but access to particular campuses is not assured. To receive ...

This week, the University of California announced that its application will go live on Aug. 1. The University of California (UC) is arguably the best public school college system in the nation, and ...

The Burbank mother knew her high school senior would have a tough time competing for a freshman seat at a University of California campus in a year of record-shattering applications — more than ...