每一个加利福尼亚大学校园的申请者都必须写四篇短文来回应UC应用程序的个人洞察力问题。下面的坎特伯雷大学论文示例揭示了两个不同的学生是如何处理这些提示的。这两篇文章都附有对其优缺点的分析。

坎特伯雷大学个人见解论文获奖作品的特点

坎特伯雷大学最强的论文提供了应用程序中其他地方无法获得的信息，它们描绘了将在校园社区发挥积极作用的人的形象。让你的善良、幽默、才华和创造力大放异彩，但也要确保你的四篇文章都是实质性的。

当你想好回答坎特伯雷大学个人见解问题的策略时，请记住，重要的不仅仅是你的个人论文，还有你通过四篇论文的结合创造的你自己的完整形象。理想情况下，每一篇文章都应该呈现出你的个性、兴趣和才能的不同维度，这样招生人员就可以了解你是一个对校园社区有很大贡献的三维个体。

坎特伯雷大学论文样本，问题2

在她的一篇个人见解文章中，安吉回答了问题2：每个人都有创造性的一面，可以用很多方式来表达：解决问题、独创性和创新性思维，以及艺术性，等等。描述一下你是如何表达自己的创造性的。

以下是她的文章：

I’m not great at drawing. Even after taking the required art classes in elementary and middle school, I don’t really see myself becoming a famous artist anytime soon. I’m most comfortable creating stick figures and notebook doodles. However, my lack of innate talent hasn’t kept me from using drawing communicate or entertain through cartoons. Now, like I said, the artwork itself isn’t going to win any awards, but that’s only part of my creative process. I draw cartoons to make my friends laugh, to make my siblings feel better if they’re having a bad day, to poke fun at myself. I don’t make cartoons to show off my artistic ability; I make them because I think they’re fun to create, and (so far) other people enjoy them. When I was about seven or eight, my sister got dumped by her boyfriend unexpectedly. She was feeling really down about it, and I was trying to think of something I could do that would cheer her up. So I drew a (pretty bad) likeness of her ex, made better by some rather unflattering details. It made my sister laugh, and I like to think I helped her through her break-up, even if only a little bit. Since then, I’ve drawn caricatures of my teachers, friends, and celebrities, ventured a little into political cartooning, and started a series about my interactions with my idiotic cat, Gingerale. Cartooning is a way for me to be creative and express myself. Not only am I being artistic (and I use that term loosely), but I’m using my imagination to create scenarios and figure out how how to represent people and things. I’ve learned what people find funny, and what is not funny. I’ve come to realize that my drawing skills are not the important part of my cartooning. What is important is that I’m expressing myself, making others happy, and doing something small and silly, but also worthwhile.

安琪的uc样文讨论

安吉的文章共322字，略低于350字的限制。350字已经是讲述一个有意义故事的小空间，所以不要害怕提交一篇接近字数限制的文章（只要你的文章不冗长、重复或缺乏实质内容）。

这篇文章很好地向读者展示了安吉的一个维度，这在她的申请中可能是其他地方都看不到的。她对创作动画片的热爱不会出现在她的学习记录或课外活动列表中。因此，这是一个很好的选择，为她的个人见解文章之一（毕竟，它提供了新的洞察她的人）。我们了解到安吉不仅仅是一个参与学校活动的好学生。她也有一个爱好，她是热情的。至关重要的是，安吉解释了为什么漫画对她很重要。

安吉文章的语气也是一个加号。她没有写过一篇典型的“看看我有多棒”的文章。相反，安吉清楚地告诉我们，她的艺术技巧相当薄弱。她的诚实令人耳目一新，同时，这篇文章也表达了对安吉的钦佩之情：她风趣、自嘲、关心他人。事实上，后一点才是这篇文章真正的力量所在。安吉解释说，她喜欢这个爱好是因为它能给别人带来快乐，她给人的印象是真诚、体贴、善良。

总的来说，这篇文章很有说服力。它写得很清楚，使用了引人入胜的风格，没有任何重大的语法错误。它展现了安吉性格的一个方面，应该吸引读过她的文章的招生人员。如果有一个缺点的话，那就是第三段的重点是安吉的早期童年。大学对你近年来所做的事情比对你小时候的活动更感兴趣。这就是说，童年信息以清晰、相关的方式与安吉当前的兴趣联系在一起，因此它不会对整篇文章造成太大的减损。

坎特伯雷大学论文样本，问题6

对于他的加利福尼亚大学个人洞察力论文之一，特伦斯回应了选项6：描述你最喜欢的学科并解释它对你的影响。

以下是他的文章：

One of my strongest memories in elementary school is rehearsing for the annual “Learning on the Move” show. The fourth graders put on this show every year, each one focusing on something different. Our show was about food and making healthy choices. We could pick which group to be in: dancing, stage design, writing, or music. I chose music, not because I was interested in it the most, but because my best friend had picked it. I remember the music director showing us a long row of various percussion instruments, and asking us what we thought different foods would sound like. This was not my first experience in playing an instrument, but I was a novice when it came to creating music, deciding what the music meant, and what its intent and meaning was. Granted, choosing a güiro to represent scrambled eggs was not Beethoven writing his Ninth Symphony, but it was a start. In middle school, I joined the orchestra, taking up the cello. Freshmen year of high school, I auditioned for, and was accepted into, the regional youth symphony. More importantly, though, I took two semesters of Music Theory my sophomore year. I love playing music, but I’ve learned that I love writing it even more. Since my high school only offers Music Theory I and II, I attended a summer music camp with a program in theory and composition. I learned so much, and I’m looking forward to pursuing a major in Music Composition. I find writing music is a way for me to express emotions and tell stories that are beyond language. Music is such a unifying force; it’s a way to communicate across languages and borders. Music has been such a large part of my life—from fourth grade and on—and studying music and music composition is a way for me to create something beautiful and share it with others.

terrance对uc样文的探讨

和安吉的文章一样，特伦斯的文章也只有300多字。假设所有的文字都为叙述增添了内容，那么这个长度是完全合适的。当谈到一篇好的申请论文的特点时，Terrance做得很好，避免了常见的陷阱。

对特伦斯来说，选择问题6是有道理的。他爱上了作曲，而且他进入大学时知道自己的专业是什么。如果你和许多大学申请者一样，兴趣广泛，可能主修大学专业，你可能想避开这个问题。

特伦斯的文章很好地平衡了幽默和实质。第一段呈现了一个有趣的小插曲，他选择学习音乐仅仅是基于同龄人的压力。通过第三段，我们了解到，对音乐的偶然介绍是如何带来了一些非常有意义的东西的。最后一段还强调音乐是一种“统一的力量”以及Terrance想要与他人分享的东西，从而确立了令人愉悦的基调。他给人的印象是一个热情大方的人，他将以有意义的方式为校园社区做出贡献。

个人见解文章的最后一句话

与加利福尼亚州立大学制度不同，加利福尼亚大学的学校有一个完整的招生程序。招生官员将你作为一个整体进行评估，而不仅仅是作为与考试分数和成绩相关的数字数据（尽管两者都很重要）。个人见解问题是招生官了解你、了解你的个性和兴趣的主要方式之一。

把每一篇文章看作是一个独立的实体，以及四篇文章申请中的一篇。每篇文章都应该呈现一个引人入胜的叙述，揭示你生活的一个重要方面，并解释为什么你选择的主题对你很重要。当你把这四篇文章结合在一起时，他们应该共同努力来揭示你的性格和兴趣的真正广度和深度。