Bryan Jonesbkjones@berkeley.edu

Dale Mastersondmasterson@berkeley.edu

Engineering Student Services

230 Bechtel Engineering Center

(510) 642-7594

http://coe.berkeley.edu/students

• Advising

• Referrals to Campus Resources

• Academic Learning Center (Tutoring)

• Student Organization Advising

• Student Recruitment & Retention

Engineering Student Services (ESS)

• Enrollment: 4,555– 3018 undergraduates & 1537 graduate students– Fall 2010 freshmen class represents 34 states & 24 countries

• Faculty: 216

• Departments: 7

• Undergraduate majors: 18

• Minors: 10

Berkeley Engineering Overview

Why Berkeley Engineering? One of the best engineering schools

(national and international reputation) An outstanding education (courses taught

by faculty) and excellent prep for grad school/work

Cutting edge research (brought to classroom, research money = opportunities for students)

• Excellent job placement in all majors with great starting salaries:– BS/BA $60K– MS $80K– PhD $100K

• #2 in the nation!• 10 programs nationally ranked:

– #1 Civil Engineering– #2 Chemical Engineering – #2 Computer Engineering– #2 Environmental Engineering – #2 Mechanical Engineering – #3 Materials Engineering – #4 Electrical Engineering – #4 Nuclear Engineering – #5 Industrial Engineering – #14 Bioengineering

Why Berkeley Engineering? Our Rankings

Source: US News & World Report 2010

Why Berkeley Engineering? Our Faculty

216 Faculty58 Endowed chairs/distinguished

professorships77 Members of the National

Academy of Engineering33 Recipients of UCB’s Distinguished

Teaching Award3 Recipients of the Turing Award in

Computer Science

Attend Graduate School at: 28 UC Berkeley 18 Stanford 11 UCSD 10 UCLA 7 MIT 4 Columbia 3 Michigan 2 Harvard 2 Cornell

Work at: Cal Trans Hewlett-Packard IBM Intel Jet Propulsion Lab/NASA Deloitte Consulting Oracle Boeing Microsoft Google Yahoo Cisco

Why Berkeley Engineering? Our Graduates…

• Engineering Student Organizations (almost 40 including Academic & Professional, Honorary, Gender & Cultural)

• Engineering Competition Teams• Summer Internships• Research Opportunities

Why Berkeley Engineering? Our Co-Curricular Learning & Professional

Development Opportunities

Chabot Engineering Transfer Student and UCBerkeley Mechanical Engineering Student, Mr. Robert Irwin, Poses before “CalSol[1]”, the UCBerkeley Solar Electric Vehicle at Soquel High School on 25Apr09. Mr. Irwin Leads the Steering & Suspension Design Team [1] http://calsol.berkeley.edu/blog/index.php

Chabot Engineering Transfer Student and UCBerkeley Mechanical Engineering Student, Mr. Robert Irwin, Poses before the UCBerkeley College of Engineering Graduation Ceremony 16May10.

FIVE Chabot students received Engineering Degrees this day

Mr. Irwin accepted a Mechanical Engineering Position with CalTech’s Jet Propulsion Lab

Why Berkeley Engineering? Our Stats

81% of freshmen graduate from COE (91% graduate from UCB)

93-95% of transfers graduate from COE

30% go directly to graduate school

70% aspire to earn an advanced degree in the near future

Why Berkeley Engineering? Our 18 Majors

• Bioengineering• Civil Engineering• Electrical & Computer Engineering• Computer Science & Engineering • Engineering Science majors:

– Computational Engineering Science– Engineering Mathematics & Statistics – Engineering Physics– Environmental Engineering Science

• Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

• Materials Science & Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering • Nuclear Engineering • Joint Majors:

– Bioengineering/Materials Science & Engineering

– Electrical & Computer Engineering/ Materials Science & Engineering

– Electrical & Computer Engineering/ Nuclear Engineering

– Materials Science & Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering

– Materials Science & Engineering/ Nuclear Engineering

– Mechanical Engineering/Nuclear Engineering

• 50,000+ alumni• 100 countries, 50 states• Accomplished alumni including:

– Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple– Diane Green, the co-founder of vmware– Andy Grove, the co-founder of Intel– Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google – Teresa Meng, co-founder of Atheros

Communications – Bill Lester, former NASCAR driver

Why Berkeley Engineering? Our Community

• Have a solid foundation in math and the sciences

• Are analytic thinkers who want to solve problems/ develop efficient ways to improve quality of life

• Like to figure out how things work • Enjoy utilizing technology • See themselves as designers, builders,

researchers, and managers of technical enterprises

We’re Interested in Students Who…

• There’s no secret of how to get into engineering

• We utilize the same screening process for all applicants regardless of major

• Students should apply for the major in which they’re moste interested

• We’re looking equally for competitive candidates for engineering and the likelihood of admission depends upon the quality of the applicant pool and the number of spaces available in the program

Admissions “Secrets”

Transfer Admissions Criteria• 60 transferable semester units with a strong over-all

GPA (especially in required courses) • 100% completion of “required” courses is a must, note:

– Reading and Composition (R&C) is included in the 100% completion and we require both the 1st and 2nd half of R&C

– Primary reason Fall 2010 applicants denied admission due to lack of R&C completion (due to following IGETC instead of www.assist.org)

– Be aware that some sister schools (e.g. Grossmont & Cuyamaca) say their R&C courses are equivalent from campus-to-campus but they aren’t articulated that way in www.assist.org

• Students encouraged to take as many "strongly recommended" articulated courses as possible so they are stronger candidates for admission and are better prepared for success in engineering

• Transfers now exempt from E10 (Engineering Design & Analysis) requirement

• Please stress the importance of the personal statement including an explanation of their interest in their chosen major

100% Course Completion Required• Sample “Required” courses (Civil Eng):

UCB Math 1A, 1B, 53, 54 UCB Physics 7A, 7B UCB Chem 1A UCB Chem 1B or Physics 7C UCB English 1A and 1B

• Sample “Strongly Recommended” courses (Civil Eng): UCB Engin 7 UCB Civ Eng 60 UCB Engin 10• It is critical that students check www.assist.org for

requirements specific to their intended major

• UC annual application period for the following fall: November 1-30

• Apply to any of the UC’s at: http://universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions

• Application fee: $60 per campus

• Sign up to receive additional info about Cal at: http://pictureyourself.berkeley.edu

How to Apply for Admission

COE Personal Statement How did you become interested in engineering?

Why are you interested in the major to which you’re applying? What excites you about studying this major?

What experiences influenced your decision (i.e. job experience, discussions with faculty, professional engineers or engineering students, related projects, courses, etc.)?

What other experiences, such as co-curricular activities, have you had that relate to engineering? What non-engineering related activities have you participated in? What skills did you learn from these experiences that will help you in engineering (i.e. leadership, time management, teamwork etc)?

What are your goals, aspirations, and plans for after graduation?

1456 •Applications received

864 •Applications read for admission (3.4 GPA & higher)

509 •Applications with 100% completion of required courses

264 •Applicants admitted (18% of applicants, ave. GPA 3.79)*

200 •Applicants accepting admission (188 Fall, 12 Spring deferred)

Transfer Admission Fall 2010

* Fall 2010 admissions more competitive due to 100% completion policy required for review

• Do I have to graduate in 4 semesters? Our program should be able to be completed in 4 semesters, but with approval an additional semester may be granted. In some of our majors a 5th semester may be needed and students should plan accordingly.

• If I am unable to attend the semester for which I am admitted, will COE defer my admission to a later term? No. Admission is valid only for the term in which you are admitted.

• Will it affect my admission if, after I’ve applied, I decide to drop or not enroll in courses reported on my application to be completed in my final semester before transferring ? If students fail to complete core courses which they reported, their admission will probably be cancelled.

Transfer Admissions FAQ

Resources• http://assist.org

• COE Guide Book:http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/college-of-engineering-announcement

• Degree Worksheets:http://coe.berkeley.edu/dars

• Department Websites:http://coe.berkeley.edu/departments

Contacts for Transfer Applicants

• Admissions Questions, Decisions & Appeals:

Edwina TaylorOffice of Undergraduate Admissionsetaylor@berkeley.edu

• Transfer Course Equivalencies:Genie FoonEngineering Student Serviceseugenia@berkeley.edu

Questions?