Processing Your Graduate School Application

Most of the application process occurs online and is done automatically. However, when it comes to transcripts, it may take some time to process them due to the number of transcripts we receive, especially in late December and January. If you have your transcripts sent towards the end of the deadline, it may be a couple of weeks before you receive an email from us telling you we received them.

After submitting your application, you can usually expect to receive an email confirmation from the EECS department within three (3) working days (those who apply in September will have to wait until October before they receive a confirmation simply because the department does not start receiving data from our central system until then).

Your recommenders will not be able to submit online recommendations until AFTER you have submitted your application, and after you have filled out the required waiver form that comes along with your department confirmation. If you fail to fill out the waiver form, your recommenders will never receive any requests from us, which can result in an incomplete application.

Application review begins around the 10th of January. If your application materials are not in by the 9th, we are under no obligation to review them as part of your application. You are solely responsible for getting your materials in on time (preferably early) and you can check your application status at https://willow.coe.berkeley.edu/gradmits/gradapp?dept=eecs&loginid= with the login and password the department provides a few days after you apply online.

All changes to the application should be made by the 10th and should be sent to (i.e. directly to the department). Changes made to the online application will not be reflected anywhere. There is no guarantee that changes made after this time will be reviewed.

Questions? Please contact EECS Graduate Admissions.