Graduate School Admission Results

Received a $5,000 funding.

Strong LOR, 2 years research experience, Double majoring in Materials Science and Computer Engineering.

20 minute call with faculty member to discuss my background and research interests. Not sure how many invites were sent out, but the faculty member who contacted me wasn't someone I listed on my application, so I'm assuming this is a departmental interview round.

informal Zoom calls to all short-listed applicants

Email for 10 minute interview, organic track. Interview slots are for the next week. No GRE. 4 years research experience, no pubs, Fulbright.

Got an interview invite - two days later got an acceptance letter

Invite to virtual interview Jan 19

2 weeks after submitting the application got an email to check the portal - received an offer

How long will it take to get results?

very happy! 1a/5p

Email to check portal. "Thank you for applying for graduate study at the University of California, Berkeley. After a holistic and comprehensive review of all your application materials, we regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you admission at this time. The UC Berkeley campus has a strict enrollment ceiling, and we are thus very limited in the number of new students we may admit each year. The admissions committee in the program you applied to has the difficult task of selecting students with the strongest overall records from a large pool of well-qualified applicants. Unfortunately, this may result in not being able to accept many applicants who are capable or have the potential of excellent academic work. We are sorry we do not have a place for you in this year's class."