What the above poster is talking about is Augmented Review, which is something else. UCB is trying out a new policy this year, sending out LOR requests to more applicants than in the past (about 20% as I’ve heard). As for what it means, there’s a lot of discussion and debate going on. You can check out what people are saying here: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1827940-uc-berkeley-class-of-2020-applicant-discussion-p13.html