Application to Berkeley

[nibot]

My application to UC Berkeley is away, it's on their metaphorical desk, and all its bits are fine. I dropped off its other half in person this afternoon, in a hand addressed manilla envelope bearing my lovely return address: '1 Cyclotron Rd'. High hopes.

Now where are my keys?

Comments

Re: application to Berkeley

[calbruin.livejournal.com]

Application!? Application to Berkeley for what?: grad school or employment? if grad school, which department or programme?

Re: application to Berkeley

[nibot.livejournal.com]

Graduate group in Applied Science and Technology (http://coe.berkeley.edu/ast/)

Re: application to Berkeley

[calbruin.livejournal.com]

E-gacks!!!
It is bad enough that it's engineering but also applied. Must they rub it in that they apply their trade. (Alas, for some, theory is not enough.)

Re: application to Berkeley

[nibot.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the name of the department is rather vague and, in some sense, misleading. For example, one possible program they mention is this:

if a student is primarily interested in theoretical mechanics, he/she could take courses in engineering and mathematics, drawing equally on both for a balanced foundation, while not having to satisfy all the requirements for a Ph.D. in either mathematics or engineering.

So it can be 'applied' and 'theoretical' at the same time. (-: Or something.