Helpful article written by an admissions officer + read my essays and advice blog!

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Hi all, </p>

<p>For those of you who are interested in getting into UC Berkeley, I found this really good article written by Ruth Starkman, who worked with the UC Berkeley undergraduate admissions office for one year, and she writes about how they look at your application, and the steps they take to decide on your admission:
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/education/edlife/lifting-the-veil-on-the-holistic-process-at-the-university-of-california-berkeley.html?pagewanted=all%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/education/edlife/lifting-the-veil-on-the-holistic-process-at-the-university-of-california-berkeley.html?pagewanted=all&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Also, I am an undergraduate at UC Berkeley (starting my third year this fall!!! :o ) I am writing a blog about how I wrote my UC Essays, so if you want to read excerpts from my UC Essays and see tips on how I thought through them, take a look at these posts by me :) Hope they help. Leave comments on what you thought or if you want to read anything else from me.</p>

<p>HOW</a> I THOUGHT THROUGH + WHAT I WROTE IN MY UC ESSAY PROMPT 1 | Breaching UC Berkeley</p>

<p>HOW</a> I THOUGHT THROUGH + WHAT I WROTE IN MY UC ESSAY PROMPT 2 | Breaching UC Berkeley</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>The Berkeley admission process is no secret. It is described in significant detail (more detail than the New York Times article linked above) here:
<a href=“http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/committees/aepe/hout_report.pdf[/url]”>http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/committees/aepe/hout_report.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>More information here:
[Admissions</a>, Enrollment, & Preparatory Education | Academic Senate](<a href=“http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/committees/aepe]Admissions”>Admissions, Enrollment, and Preparatory Education (AEPE) | Academic Senate)</p>