Tag Archive | "UC Berkeley Haas"
Bschool Life, Current, Fun Stuff, MBA, Other
The Haas School Newsroom released its new strategic plan last week. The plan focuses on redefining the role of the business leader. This area of the site is definitely worth a visit if you’re interested in a Haas MBA, and I recommend the short videos with Dean Lyons. In your essays and interviews, when you [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
The Financial Times published today its 2010 ranking of global MBA programs. Its ranking attempts to “assess the effect of the MBA on … subsequent career progression and salary growth.” Consequently it draws its data from the schools themselves and from surveys of graduates at least three years after earning their MBA degree. In [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
Forbes took its survey findings from “The Best Business Schools” and compiled a second rankings report: “The Most Satisfied MBAs.”
Stanford won top slot for both rankings. It is #1 for providing the best return on investment for its graduates, as well as for churning out MBAs who are extremely satisfied with their current jobs and [...]
Bschool Life, Current, Interviews, MBA
A few bits of communications this week reveal the uncertainly among 2010 MBA applicants now and the new opportunities provided by the earlier Round 1 deadlines/notification dates set by certain schools.
Here’s what I’m referring to:
On the BusinessWeek Forum, Todoubled started a fairly active thread with the title “Denied from Wharton/Chicago, what next?”
I received an email [...]
Bschool Life, Current, Interviews, MBA
The Aspen Institute published last week its biannual ranking of MBA programs, “Beyond Grey Pinstripes.” This ranking ignores admissions criteria and abandons ROI. Through surveys of 149 participating schools, it attempts to rank the programs according to their “social impact management” or addressing of social, environmental or ethical topics. The goal: “spotlight innovative full-time MBA [...]
Bschool Life, Interviews, MBA
Let’s take a look at a few developments during a busy October for MBA applicants:
The Dartmouth News published an article about the increasing percentage of women at Tuck with a couple of factoids about Harvard and Wharton. Unfortunately, there is an inaccuracy in the article regarding a non-existent experience requirement at Tuck. I checked with [...]
Bschool Life, Current, MBA
UC Berkeley Haas 2010 MBA Essay Questions
My comments are in red:
Listed below are the supplemental questions, short answer questions, required essays, and optional essays for the fall 2010 application.
Supplemental Questions:
1. If you have not provided a letter of recommendation from your current supervisor, please explain; otherwise, enter N/A.
Keep it short and sweet. This is primarily [...]
Bschool Life, Current, MBA
UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has posted its 2010 MBA Application questions, instructions, and deadlines.
There are a couple of changes:
#5 in the supplemental questions is modified.
Short answers: #1 is new.
Fall 2010 Haas Essay Questions
Listed below are the supplemental questions, short answer questions, required essays, and optional essays for the fall 2010 application.
Supplemental Questions:
If [...]
Bschool Life, MBA
The AIGAC conference this year was fantastic. The first day consisted of presentations from Pete Johnson of Haas, Christie St. John of Tuck, Cassandra Pittman of INSEAD, Wendy Huber of Darden, Soojin Kwon Koh of Ross, and Bruce Delmonico of Yale’s SOM. During the second day AIGAC was hosted by NYU Stern and Columbia Business [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
The two most prominent business schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, Haas and Stanford, both had “news” yesterday that MBA applicants should know about:
Haas announced that its faculty unanimously approved curriculum reform including:
Strengthening the general management framework at Haas.
More leadership training, specifically at the beginning of the program.
An expanded international component.
A new experiential learning [...]
