<p>I remember reading somewhere, when selecting my major on the app, that applicants to Berkeley's COE have to provide some kind of 200 word supplement to the normal UC app essays.</p>
<p>Since reading that, I don't see anything about it on the application, and no one I've spoken to has heard of it.</p>
<p>Please could someone clarify this for me?</p>
<p>I applied last year and I definitely didn't have to do a supplement.</p>
<p>...but then again, I'm not sure how the process has changed for this year.</p>
<p>I've never heard of this. Perhaps they're suggesting you use the additional comments section to expand on something engineering-related.</p>
<p>I have never heard about this.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks for the replies. I asked around at school some more, and no one else has heard of it either. I swear, I was 100% positive I saw that written next to the box when I selected engineering as my major. Was I hallucinating??? :S</p>
<p>maybe you're getting your applications confused...</p>
<p>maybe you're thinking of this...</p>
<p>"What if I am applying to a professional school
or college (such as the College of Engineering
or Chemistry)?
If you are applying to a professional school or
college, it is important that you discuss:
-your intended field of study in your personal statement;
-your interest in your specific major;
-any school or work-related experience"</p>
<p>..that was from this:<a href="http://students.berkeley.edu/files/Admissions/9258_personal_statement.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://students.berkeley.edu/files/Admissions/9258_personal_statement.pdf</a></p>
<p>I think kyledavid80 posted this on some other thread.</p>
<p>Im losing my mind. I swear I saw it explicitly state that prospective engineers had to write a 200 word supplement about why they want to be engineers. The stress? I don't even worry about things like this that much. :S</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure they mean you might want to use the additional comments to talk about something to do with engineering -- your interest in it, etc.</p>
<p>the additional comments section (ps3) does not count towards the 1000 word restriction right?</p>
<p>Correct. Only the first two essays are counted in the 1000 words. I think the additional comments section has a 500-word limit.</p>