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Emily Parliman

UC Berkeley Former Admissions Officer

Emily

Navigating the UC Application: What Actually Gets You Accepted

 August 18th 

 8 PM ET

 Live on Zoom

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 a UC Berkeley Former Admissions Officer to learn what it takes to stand out across the nine campuses.

  • Comprehensive Review: How your application is actually evaluated across nine campuses. 

  • The Four PIQs: What a reader looks for in each response. 
  • Academic and Extracurricular Weight: What counts most when there are no test scores.
  • Common Mistakes: The errors that cost otherwise strong applicants a spot. 

MEET YOUR HOST
Emily Parliman

Emily

UC Berkeley Former Admissions Officer

With more than fifteen years in admissions and counseling, Emily has read applications for UC Berkeley, American University, Northeastern, and Georgetown, and has helped InGenius Prep students earn acceptances at all nine University of California campuses. That range gives her 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 Emily's Students Have Been Accepted:

All nine UC campuses: Berkeley · UCLA · San Diego · Santa Barbara · Davis · Irvine · Santa Cruz · Riverside · Merced

And beyond: Princeton · Duke · Johns Hopkins · Northwestern · Penn · Columbia · Chicago · Cornell

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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