UC Berkeley Material Science & Engineering
MEng Program Admission
Profile:
- He/His, Singapore International Student (F-1 Visa Holder)
School:
- Diablo Valley College (Transfer)
- UC Berkeley (Physics Major)
Work Experience:
- Bureau Veritas (Sunnyvale, CA)
- Intel (Santa Clara, CA)
Credentials:
- 3.92/4.0 GPA (CC) / 3.7/4.0 GPA(UCB)
- Strong work experiences in famous companies (OPT)
- UCB official physics major student society member
- MESA physics & math tutor
- Various types of research activities in UC Berkeley
Explanation of the Admission Process:
- Spent 3 months for application process
- Put in time and effort to get strong recommendation letters
- Highlighted the skills and abilities he gained through his work experiences in SOP
- Alongside preparing application, made detailed preparations for the interview with consultant.
Admission Results:
- UC Berkeley Material Science & Engineering MEng Program – Accepted
Consultant Comments:
- Having worked with the same consultant for both student’s transfer and job applications, his deep understanding of student background played a key role in the success of graduate school application.
- To build an effective strategy, the consultant used both past cases and personal connections to gather useful information from the school.
- Also, the consultant advised the student on how to communicate effectively with professors to strengthen the recommendation letters.
- Above all, emphasized how strongly student desires to be in this program as mentioning his academic background in detailed throughout the entire application preparation process.