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        By: Akshay Naik     </title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Hi UIUC Team, thank you for this very helpful blog post. I now have a better idea how to fit my response in 150 words! Do you have anything similar for 2nd choice major? I can&#039;t wait to be at UIUC next year. Thank you.]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi UIUC Team, thank you for this very helpful blog post. I now have a better idea how to fit my response in 150 words! Do you have anything similar for 2nd choice major? I can&#8217;t wait to be at UIUC next year. Thank you.</p>
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        By: Angad       </title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Thank you! These examples were very helpful in writing my essays. I appreciate this resource a lot.]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you! These examples were very helpful in writing my essays. I appreciate this resource a lot.</p>
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        By: Minha       </title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Thanks a lot for this post. I&#039;ve been having a bit of writer&#039;s block to start these responses and this gave me a better idea on how to start!]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks a lot for this post. I&#8217;ve been having a bit of writer&#8217;s block to start these responses and this gave me a better idea on how to start!</p>
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        By: Simbarashe      </title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Very helpful information thank you]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very helpful information thank you</p>
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        By: Mayamiko        </title>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mayamiko]]></dc:creator>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Hahahaha. Very creative! I like the example of music learning as a major. This was very helpful and look forward to applying to UIUC<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f44d.png" alt="👍" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hahahaha. Very creative! I like the example of music learning as a major. This was very helpful and look forward to applying to UIUC🙂👍</p>
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        By: Claudia Raz     </title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[AHH you do amazing work UIUC admissions blog! Thank you!]]></description>
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        By: Ting-Yi Ho      </title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Hey UIUC, I am so thankful for this content put out! This got me through my drafting sessions and now I am ready to submit my application. Looking forward to become a fighting Illini next year :))]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey UIUC, I am so thankful for this content put out! This got me through my drafting sessions and now I am ready to submit my application. Looking forward to become a fighting Illini next year :))</p>
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        By: Noah Greenberg      </title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[you the goat fr]]></description>
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        By: UIUC Admissions     </title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.admissions.illinois.edu/apply-like-a-pro-examples-of-short-answer-college-application-questions/#comment-282495&quot;&gt;Melissa&lt;/a&gt;.

Thanks for the suggestion, Melissa. Although we won&#039;t be able to do this in time for this year, we&#039;ll see what&#039;s possible for future years!]]></description>
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<p>Thanks for the suggestion, Melissa. Although we won&#8217;t be able to do this in time for this year, we&#8217;ll see what&#8217;s possible for future years!</p>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Hi UIUC Admissions, I am planning on listing &quot;undeclared&quot; on my major because I am interested in a few different areas such as Business and Psychology. Can you provide an example for someone who is not sure what they want to major in?]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi UIUC Admissions, I am planning on listing &#8220;undeclared&#8221; on my major because I am interested in a few different areas such as Business and Psychology. Can you provide an example for someone who is not sure what they want to major in?</p>
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