Instructions:
"The following questions give you the opportunity to provide information about yourself, your interests, and your ambitions. Short-answer questions 4 – 10 are meant to elicit brief, yet thoughtful responses (1 sentence to 2 paragraphs in length). Questions 1 – 3 and 11 – 13 address additional aspects of your application and should be answered as succinctly as possible. Question 14 is our principal essay question and should be equivalent to 500 words or less. Question 15 (optional) allows you to share aspects of your background that have not been reflected in the main application."

1. List courses in progress and courses you expect to take before enrolling at Berkeley. Indicate the institution, department, course number, number of units, expected date of completion, and a brief description. Do not include courses already listed on transcripts.

2. List academic honors, prizes, fellowships, or scholarships you have received as well as any honor societies to which you have been elected. Briefly indicate the basis for selection.

3. List in order of importance to you all college, community, and professional organizations in which you have been involved. Indicate the nature of the activity or organization, dates of involvement, offices held, and average number of hours spent per month.

4. Describe something you feel passionate about.

5. What is your most valued tangible possession? What is your most valued intangible possession?

6. If you could have dinner with one individual, past or present, who would it be? What would you order?

7. Briefly state what you view as your most significant accomplishment (3 sentences or less).

8. If you could change one characteristic about yourself, what would it be?

9. If you had 4 extra hours each day (i.e., a 28-hour day), what would you do with them?

10. Do you feel that your academic record (i.e., grades, course load, etc.) is an accurate reflection of your ability and potential? In comparison to your college friends and classmates, do you feel that you were particularly advantaged or disadvantaged? Please explain.

11. Please provide an account of any gaps in your employment since your undergraduate degree.

12. List the name, title, organization, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the two individuals from whom you have requested letters of recommendation. Briefly state the nature of your professional relationship with each (1 or 2 sentences). If you have not provided a letter from your current supervisor, please explain.

13. List full-time and par t-time jobs held during undergraduate or graduate studies, indicating the employer, job title, employment dates, location, and the number of hours worked per week for each position. Please include a copy of your resume or c.v. We recommend that your resume not exceed one page (10- to 12-point font).

14. What are your professional goals? How do your past and present experiences relate to those goals? (1–2 pages, double-spaced, not to exceed 500 words)

15. OPTIONAL: Please feel free to provide a statement concerning any information you would like to add to your application that you haven’t addressed elsewhere.