Tag Archive | "UC Berkeley Haas"
Current, MBA
Test prep companies have a busy season ahead of them; test prep traffic is bound to increase as future b-school applicants scramble to prepare for the Next Generation GMAT, reports a Businessweek article, “GMAT Test Prep: Changes on the Way.” The new GMAT, which will launch in 2012, will include a new integrated reasoning section [...]
Current, Fun Stuff, MBA
Are you thinking about applying to UC Berkeley Haas? Do you have questions about admissions that you need answered? Would you like to benefit from insider information on Haas admissions?
If so, then you won’t want to miss Accepted’s Q&A with Stephanie Fujii, Haas’ Senior Associate Director of MBA Admissions.
During this Q&A event, which will take [...]
Other
MBA programs are overhauling their curricula to reflect the needs of the modern student. According to a recent Forbes article, that student is “one who increasingly looks to do good while also doing well.”
Current courses now include more hands-on, problem-solving components. (These are offered in addition to “the basics” of accounting, finance, etc.)
Here are the [...]
Bschool Life, Current, MBA
Along with the deterioration of the economy came a huge boom in b-school applications. According to a Businessweek article yesterday, “Business School Applications Sputter,” that two-year boom now appears to be softening.
Top MBA programs in the U.S., including Wharton and UC Berkeley Haas, have reported that they received either an equal or lower number of [...]
Bschool Life, Current, MBA
This UC Berkeley Haas 2011 MBA Application tip post is one of a series of posts providing MBA application and essay advice for applicants to top MBA programs around the world. You can access the entire series at http://blog.accepted.com/acceptedcom_blog/tag/2011-mba-application-tips. My tips for answering Haas’ essay questions are in blue below.
UC Berkeley Haas 2011 MBA Essay [...]
Bschool Life, Current, Interviews, MBA
Accepted.com has started a new blog series offering our readers a behind-the-scenes look at selected MBA programs through interviews with current students. We hope to offer you a candid picture of student life, and what you should consider as you prepare your application.
Here’s a talk with a student from Berkeley Haas, a top MBA program [...]
Bschool Life, Current, Fun Stuff, GMAT, MBA
You can now buy a bundle pack of pre-MBA exams and save money. GMAC announced last week that it was teaming up with Pearson to provide MBA applicants who need to take the GMAT and prove English proficiency with a discounted test bundle. The two providers will offer their respective tests (the GMAT and the [...]
Bschool Life, Current, Fun Stuff, MBA
I will run out of superlatives if I attempt to describe the 2010 AIGAC Conference in Boston. Suffice it say that it was extraordinarily illuminating. MIT Sloan and Harvard Business School graciously and generously hosted the event, which was kicked off by MIT Sloan’s Dean David C. Schmittlein, who discussed the reasoning behind MIT Sloan’s [...]
Career, Current, MBA
Here is yet another article to suggest that the job market is finally, and slowly, improving. A Haas School Newsroom report shares the results its graduating class’s job statistics.
Result highlights:
77% of the full-time graduating class received job offers. This is compared to last year’s 74%.
Students have accepted jobs at 80 companies in 13 countries.
Median base [...]
Bschool Life, Current, MBA
First up, Dean Rich Lyons from UC Berkeley Haas has set a lofty fundraising goal: He’d like to raise $120 million by 2014. The money will be used to build a new non-degree executive education center, new research centers, and more faculty fellowships.
Next, Dean Blair Sheppard from Duke Fuqua is working to expand Duke’s global [...]
