
UC Berkeley Former Admissions Officer
Steven
Navigating the UC Application: What Actually Gets You Accepted
What You’ll Learn:
UCLA and UC Berkeley each receive over 100,000 applications a year, and none of them include a test score. The decision comes down to your essays, your coursework, and what you've done outside class. Join Steven, a UC Berkeley Former Admissions Officer, to learn what it takes to stand out across the nine campuses.
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Comprehensive Review: How your application is actually evaluated across nine campuses.
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The Four PIQs: What a reader looks for in each response.
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Academic and Extracurricular Weight: What counts most when there are no test scores.
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Common Mistakes: The errors that cost otherwise strong applicants a spot.
MEET YOUR HOST

Steven
UC Berkeley Former Admissions Officer
With over a decade of experience in the U.S. admissions process, Steven worked at UC Berkeley as both an Admissions Reader and an Academic Counselor, giving him a comprehensive understanding of how the UC system evaluates freshman, transfer, and graduate applications. That range gives him a firsthand read on what a test-free review rewards and which applicants rise to the top of a pool of more than 100,000.
Where Steven's Students Have Been Admitted:
Brown · Northwestern · UPenn · UC Berkeley · Berkeley Haas · UCLA · USC · Stanford · Johns Hopkins · Michigan · And more!
Our Results | 2025–2026 Admissions Results
Ivy League + Top 10 Offers
201
Top 20 Offers
384
Higher Ivy+ Acceptance Rate vs. National Average
12.5x
Top 30 Acceptance Rate
87%
Elite Offers Per Student
4.37
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