<p>I don’t know about the holistic review process at UCLA, but an article on the New York Times for an application reader at Berkeley reveals about eight minutes are spent on the initial screening. Impression? Not a lot of time, so make your essays memorable.</p>
<p><a href=“Lifting the Veil on the Holistic Process at the University of California, Berkeley - The New York Times”>Lifting the Veil on the Holistic Process at the University of California, Berkeley - The New York Times;