Folks, how about we use this thread to discuss the strategy to respond to the waitlist situation.
Only a portion of the application is active on this forum, if we get organized, we have a better chance of having a good response.

So far here are the list of Admits, Dings, and Waitlist (Will update this list as we move along).

Admit:

packet82 (R1)
710 GMAT 3.1 GPA Undegrad, 3.97 Grad. For those that asked, grad school was NYU.
8 years work experience, 2 in IT, 6 in tech consulting. Based in the Seattle, but my job is 100% travel.

kavinmba (R1)
Asian , IT guy more into Management now, 10+ yrs experience. Worked for 3 huge MNC's.

ferrarifan2905 (R1)
Indian/male/5.5 years work ex, Lead a finance/analytics team,Located in Bay Area

nairb86 (R1)
GRE 1: 1520 Q800 V720 WE: Law (Energy and Utilities)

rajcooper (R1)
700 GMAT, 3.4 GPA undergrad, 3.9 grad.
4+ years in semiconductor, male, bay area

emagic (R1)
Chinese/female/Software Engineer+4 years,Bay Area

Rollemba (R2)
Male, 6 years of WE in software engineering. Leading projects but no direct reports.
GMAT - 690
undergrad GPA - 3.35
grad GPA - 3.7

ZonedMBA (R2)
4 years WE in accounting. GMAT - 720.

HCITGAL (R2)
GMAT 710
7WE in Public Accounting, Corp Dev & Finance, currently in manager level w/o direct report in HCIT
BA in Economics 3.6
MA in Finance 3.7
CFA Level I

Ojizzel13 (R2)

lydia1204 (R2)
Haas undergrad, 5 years in public accounting/consulting, 680 GMAT.

testuser1122 (R2)
GMAT: 750 (50Q, 41V), Indian Male, 29, Product Management, Telecom Industry.

spedstar (R2)
680 GRE equivalent
3.3 GPA
4 years WE in consulting / healthcare
Bay area resident

yaank216 (R2)
GMAT: 700 (Q47, V 39), 8 WE in Finance, GPA 3.4, Bay Area Resident.

emomento (R2)

Nyx303 (R2)

jinj (R2)
GMAT 690 / Undergrad 3.2 / Grad 3.7 / ~6 years in tech industry

haaspire (R2)
gmat - 730(50/39)
6+ yrs exp in high tech (2 yrs as engg. manager)
ungrad gpa - 8.8/10

riskall (R2)
Male/Indian
8 years W/E including last few in one of the top 3-4 tech companies as an Engineer.
I did have a formal team leadership role for a short period of time in a previous gig.
Have had top reviews throughout my career along with promotions.
GMAT is 720.

Alsolacol (R2)
GMAT 700. BS. Chem Eng. 2.96. 5 years WE.

Bbhatia (R1 WL, R2 Admit)
680 GMAT, 8 yrs experience in multiple industries, corporate finance throughout. Masters in economics with a 3.7 gpa from SUNY

yembeeaye (R1 WL, R2 Admit)
Indian Male; 670 GMAT + 163Q/158V GRE (Equivalent to GMAT 680)! Yeah gave them both!; Tech Consulting and Account Management background; 13 yrs WE;3.3 UG GPA (Engineering)

pinchharmonic (R1 WL, R2 Admit)
chinese male, age 30, engineering, gmat 750 49q 44v
Average UC undergrand / gpa 3.35 / computer science + engineering
4 years in software engineering, 4 years in lead / management role

Ding:

divinity911
GMAT: 710 GPA: 3.3 Top UC Engineering Program Worked as software engineering for 5 years

suchivuk

1ch1ban

MPeace

Waitlist:

calculas
GMAT 650, Indian Hardware Engineer Male, 5+ years exp, 2 years lead, Project Manager now

dvoraky
GMAT 680 (Converted from GRE). 6 Yr R/D in a Research Institute

gruntling

kayjay2012
670 GMAT (Q48,V34), Indian,10+ years exp, Product Manager in Healthcare industry. GPA 3.5 Undergrad, 3.52 - Grad

Kenny0929
Asian, Male GMAT: 710, Computer Hardware Industry, 5+ years Work Exp. - As a Team Lead for the last year or so. Bay Area.

MBACLASS2013
29 year Senior Software Developer from Silicon Valley with 5 years of experience in leading technology firm.
Prior to this I have a M.S. from top US school with some research experience and papers.
My GMAT is 660 (48/34) and my GPA has been around 3.5 in both my undergrad and grad schools.

NateM
GMAT: 710 (46q 41v) Computer Science undergrad, Male, 30 years old 7.5 years WE in software Seattle area

speedingdaemon
GMAT: 700
30/M/Indian/Software Engineer/6 years work-exp in a high-tech company in bay area

Waitlisted
650
Indian Hardware Engineer Male
5+ years exp
2 years lead
Project Manager now

Thanks for setting this up!

Waitlist

Profile:

GMAT: 710 (46q 41v)
Computer Science undergrad
Male, 30 years old
7.5 years WE in software
Seattle area

Waitlisted

Asian, Male
GMAT: 710
Computer Hardware Industry
5+ years Work Exp. - As a Team Lead for the last year or so.
Bay Area.

From the stats, we can speculate that they admitted 20% of the R1 applicants. Dinged 30% and waitlisted 50%. Does that sound reasonable?
Assume they admit 37.5 in R1. That means there are ~200 applications in R1. 50% waitlisted means 100 are on the waitlist now. That sounds ridicules.

Continue on that thought, if they get 300 applications on R2. The total pool will be 300(new)+100(waitlist). Since they will admit 40% of 250 seats in R2, that is 100. The rate of admit is only 25% for round2.

Continue on to R3, one can get similar numbers (25% admit), this conflits with the 44% admit rate. So some numbers above must be WRONG. But which?

i doubt that they will waitlist 50% applicants... but hey, who knows!
i am not very confident of this waitlist pool anyways... since they already have all the R2 applications in front of them...
don't they already have an idea on who'd make the final cut and who wont?
i doubt they will give us equal opportunity as R2 folks... if they do, then that would mean that R1 is the most important round that one should apply in... which, according to the school, is irrelevant...

Here are my profile details for the initial post -

700 GMAT, 3.4 GPA undergrad, 3.9 grad.
4+ years in semiconductor, male, bay area.

My biggest concern was length of work experience. From class visits, talking to students and student profiles on the Haas website, I got the impression that Haas likes much older candidates.
So the good news for engineers contemplating Haas EWMBA somewhat early into their careers is that -- it is possible!

FAQ Link for Waitlisted candidates from 2012:

http://ewmba.haas.berkeley.edu/WaitlistFAQ

Anybody here doing a class visit on Feb 23rd?

I received an invitation to interview today. Waitlisted without an interview as of Friday. Invited to interview on Monday. Quite a swing of emotions.