How many people applied to EECS for Berkeley?

EmpathyInAnarchy
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:27:27 +0000

70% is not low. I want to assure you I’m not discounting your achievements (which are obviously many), I just think you might be underestimating the competition. I give myself a pessimistic 70% shot as well; I think my 2nd essay could have been better and I should have taken circuits.

Cal does a holistic application review because admission is so competitive. You are lacking in EC’s – a missing part of the whole – and EC’s are the only opportunity apart from your essays (which have to be taken at face value) that you have a serious interest in your intended major. Having a serious interest in your intended major is one of the three-legs to the admittance stool.

People with 4.0’s get rejected more often than I’d like to remember. >40% of transfers with a 3.8+ GPA got rejected last year – and that’s campus-wide, which is about 5% less competitive than EECS.