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2025 College & Career Fair Writing Contest

Assemblymember Lisa Calderon, in partnership with Rio Hondo College and the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley and Eastside, invites you to participate in the 56th Assembly District College & Career Fair Writing Contest.

Rules and Eligibility:

High school seniors who live or attend a school in the 56th District and are scheduled to graduate in Spring 2026 are eligible to compete. Winners will receive $1,000 scholarships. Contestants must be present during the College & Career Fair Closing Ceremony to be awarded a scholarship.

Deadline for submission is September 10!

Please submit entries to Assemblymember.Calderon@assembly.ca.gov with submission form.

For more information or resource materials, please contact the office by:
Phone: (562) 692-5858 or Email: Assemblymember.Calderon@assembly.ca.gov

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Personal Insight Questions

The 56th Assembly District College & Career Fair Writing Contest seeks to give 56th District High School Seniors an opportunity to compete for a merit-based scholarship while also assisting students in refining their college application personal insight questions, a key part of the UC and CSU application processes. Students are asked to respond to both of the below prompts provided by the University of California application. Each response is limited to a maximum of 350 words (no one part less than 250 words). Please provide us your typed responses in a double spaced document(s), and include word counts.

One file only.
200 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods.
One file only.
200 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods.