Haas (UC Berkeley) 2013 - Calling All Applicants

Not really. Only advice I have is to start with the Berkeley essays if you can, because they cover a wide variety of topics and you may be able to use content from its essays for other schools.

I tried but they flatly refused. My app is ready but for the toefl requirements. I owned and managed a daily english newspaper but even that was not enough for them! But toefl is an useless exam the last time i took it i was hungover after just doing 2 hours of prep. I got a 108.. too bad the score is not valid anymore.

I submitted for R1 in October and received and interview invitation last week. I was a little surprised myself - but it seems like they are slowly trickling out. Good luck everyone!

Just bumped into this question and although I presume the problem probably has been solved since then, I guess it might be useful to share the answer if anyone else bumps into this problem:

Try uploading with IE, as I got the same error when trying to upload with Firefox, but IE worked fine.

Hi there, I would use the supplemental essays to explain all the quant work you did and intensity of it. Also, if possible I would ask reccomenders to back up the claim as well.

Also other essays are good place to display that. For example one of the Haas's defining principal is "Confidence without attitude" and one of the key definition for that is "We make decisions based on evidence and analysis". This is clearly reflected in their E3 and you can use it to display how you proposed a change and supported it with some solid data analysis. This way you will kill two birds with one stone. Culture fit and display your quant skills.

I hope this helped.

Hello all those Haas R2 applicants. I would like to share little infor I have gathered for people interested in Non-profit Management Career and what kind of resources are available at Haas. Please feel free to update it and add to it if you have more information.

My university gave a trascript that lists all the courses I took and my performance (grades) in each. If mark-sheets are the closest documents you have to something like that, you just need to upload scan copies of those.

I believe you need to arrange for your college to send official versions of these documents directly to Berkeley in the event that you get invited to interview. It's better to take care of this beforehand as they only give you 2-3 weeks before they decide to delay or jepordize your admission for this reason.

Also, I read somewhere that you need to upload a scan copy of your degree certificate if its from an international institution. Just FYI as I saw that in the last minute. Hope that helps.

Applied for R2 as well! Surprised how little love this thread is getting since two rounds have already finished.

Good luck to everyone!

Does anyone else find it extremely annoying to receive a constant barrage of EMBA emails? Throw on top of that a financial aid email today AND no interview invite, and I'm in no mood. Le sigh!

Berkeley is very annoying. So glad I got into another school (that DIDN'T harrass me with irrelevant e-mails!)

I received that e-mail 11/30/12

Congratulations stupandaus. Here is a good resource for interview prep.
https://blog.clearadmit.com/category/int ... hool/haas/

You may already be aware of this but at Haas interview carries more weight than it does at other schools. And good luck

Okay guys, calm down. No need to get into a junk measuring contest over schools. We all have preferences and not everyone's preferences aligns with Businessweek or US News rankings. Finance "rockstars" are not the sole measuring stick of what makes a great bschool. Nor are acceptance rates the end all and be all in selectivity. Please do not turn GC into the **** that is WSO.

Can someone kindly let me know which airport is more advisable to fly into if I am going to Haas campus ? I was invited to Super Saturday and trying to plan my trip. Also anyone who is attending and is willing to split a hotel room , to mitigate costs, should feel free to PM me.

Just received my interview invitation as well! (November round)

Last year R1 applicants started getting acceptance calls 2-3 days before the decision date. I guess today is the day adcom should start making calls for R1 candidates.

Interviewed in early December. Keeping my fingers crossed and eagerly waiting for the call.

Congratulations! Let's hope they make it over to the west coast soon.