Haas (UC Berkeley) 2013 - Calling All Applicants

International, R3 here.
To tell you all the truth, if I get an invite this week or the next, I'd be surprised. At this point, I believe it's game over, at least for me. Although it seems some folks are getting invitations.

Has anyone else got the Financial Aid e-mail from Haas? How about they send me an interview invite instead?

Hahaha!! I said the same when i got eh Financial Aid email!

Im international, no interview yet...is there still a chance or is it game over for me?

Good Luck everyone!

Hi thebdouglas. I saw that you have updated your status to "admitted" for Haas. Congrats!!

Did you just hear the news this week?

Have any waitlisted candidates heard back from Haas?

does anyone know if interview invites are still going out? Is there anything we could do at this point that would increase our chance of being invited to interview? for example, would contacting admissions make a difference?

I don’t think it would be a good idea to do this.
I don’t know about Haas, but I was traveling in a city that has another business school. I decided to visit the school, because I didn’t have anything to lose anyway.
I was facing a similar situation you are experiencing: next to the day of decision and still no news.
So, I decided to ask (just out of curiosity) how were things going, if they were going to invite more people, etc. I introduced myself in a very kind way and asked the person.
The admissions assistant at the reception desk was so rough by saying that “interviews are by invitation only” (in a rude way), that I regretted to ask.

I think that at Berkeley people are more open minded and more informal, but I don’t think they will invite you just because you called them.

Relax… just wait …

thanks for the honest response. trying to relax..

Thanks for the update and congrats on your admission to Haas!!! I'm crossing fingers here to get the call too... Another week for me staring at the cell phone, haha

Thank You. Yes, I heard back midweek. Now I need to go visit campus to help make decisions. I have heard the go to the best school line a lot, but it is difficult to turn down money that will allow me to graduate debt free. We will see, and best of luck to everyone else.

Thank You. Yes, I heard back midweek. Now I need to go visit campus to help make decisions. I have heard the go to the best school line a lot, but it is difficult to turn down money that will allow me to graduate debt free. We will see, and best of luck to everyone else.[/quote]

Were you also a R1 waitlister or R2?

Were you also a R1 waitlister or R2?[/quote]
R1

Congrats pasutto, stoked for you!

Any chance you would be able to share your location?

Congrats again!



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Thanks, appreciate it! I'm a US applicant from the Midwest.

Cool beans, Thanks for letting us know! Enjoy the celebrations!

Any more interview invites for Round 3?

Does anyone know if the same admissions team that reviews applications also reads scholarship applications / essays?

Some of the material from my application essays would work well with one of the scholarhips essays, but I want to be sure someone new will be reading it. Clearly I would not be cutting and pasting full essays, but want to at least use some of the same ideas.

Thanks in advance.