Episode summary introduction: The last Segment in the 3-Segment Podcast Series to help students with their University of California (UC) Applications. This segment builds on the last 2 Segments, and walks the student through the UC Application in 10 Steps.

Shveta Bagade leads us through the discussion.

In particular, we discuss the following:

• 4 Things to Keep in Mind
• 10 Steps to filling out the Application

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introduction to Segment #3 [0:32]
• Four Things to Keep in Mind [1:17]
• Step 1: Create an Online Account [4:16]
• Step 2: About You [5:09]
• Step 3: Campus and Major [5:40]
• Step 4: Academic History [7:10]
• Step 5: Test Scores [8:54]
• Step 6: Activities & Awards [10:13]
• Step 7: Scholarships and Programs [13:05]
• Step 8: PIQs [14:10]
• Step 9: Addl. Comments [15:02]
• Step 10: Review the Entire Application [17:23]
• One More Thing: Check Email Regularly [18:08]
• Call 2 Action [19:23]

Our Guests:

• Shveta Bagade, College Counselor based in Silicon Valley, California.

Memorable Quote: “I tell the students to read it [PIQs] out loud. It sounds a little cheesy and hokey to do that. But it's a great way to catch grammatical errors, spelling errors, and then you also hear the flow of what you've written.” Shveta Bagade on PIQs.

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