3.9+ in EECS + Haas Double Major

vicissitudes
Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:23:15 +0000

Not only does Boalt do this, but many grad programs at Berkeley seems to have this tendency to not admit its own undergrads. The ChemE department, for example, explicitly states on its own website that it will not admit its own undergrads:



ChemE department:

Q. My undergraduate degree is in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. I have such happy, fond memories of the department that I cannot bear the thought of pursuing graduate studies away from Cal. Can I go to Berkeley for graduate school, too?

A. Although nearly all of the best chemical engineers are Berkeley graduates, this department, like most other top chemical engineering departments, feels strongly that its’ undergraduates are better served by pursuing graduate studies in a new and different environment. Thus, unless you have obtained a degree elsewhere or have substantial industrial experience since you graduated from Berkeley, we will not admit you to the department for graduate work.



http://cheme.berkeley.edu/grad_info/faq.html

It says that it’s better for its undergrads to experience another university. That might be a part of it. The grad programs at Berkeley don’t seem as eager to cater Californians (i.e. admit 90% Californians) as the undergrad program so they tend to admit more OOS students and thus fewer students from Berkeley.