Haas Berkeley 2012 - Calling All Applicants

As a new admit maybe I can try answer this one.
I feel that they take their 4 defining principles very seriously and actually try to admit candidates who have shown dedication and commitment towards these 4 principles in their professional and personal lives. My interviewer made the foll statements which also give an idea of the 'typical' Haas student:
1. The Haas student's primary motivation is not money. Obviously money is important but the Haas student is chasing positive impact in society and business and making money is a positive byproduct.
2. (On me asking what is the most under-represented strength of Haas) It is the fact that a lot of the great work done by Haas alumni doesn't get highlighted or celebrated in the media because it is in the non-profit sector. A lot of Haas alums are making amazing innovations and making a genuine difference to the lives of people through their work but because this is all grass-roots work and cannot necessarily be quantified in monetary terms, it gets overshadowed by what can be quantified such as the stratospheric starting salaries of the finance/consulting grads of other schools.

I'll agree to an extent - but Haas is a BUSINESS school. It would be foolish to assume that (most) Haas students are willing to pay over $100,000 for an education to make money as a byproduct of their efforts

If you look at the four principles, Haas is looking for people who seek to innovate - improving both themselves and those around them in a business setting. This can manifest in both non-profit and for-profit arenas (i.e. consulting, tech, finance - where many students end up). They look for confident, smart applicants who are humble enough to realize they always have room to improve. If you talk to most Haas admits and students, you will find that they're full of ideas and want to make an impact in some way. Lots of people from different ethnic/cultural backgrounds with a similar innovative mindset...

Very true indeed! They're looking for people who believe that they can succeed without being a jerk. To give an example, someone like Jobs would not be admitted to Haas had he applied.

Wo Wo Wo, I think someone like Jobs would definitely be admitted at Haas. I think you are pointing out to the ""Confidence without attitude" principle and coming to your conclusion w.r.t Jobs. But hey, isnt it true that someone who is adamantly challenging (read questioning the status quo) the working of multiple sectors all together, is bound to be convicted for blasphemy. The attitude problem was basically a perceived image by the world. If the world is not listening to you and you walk away from the forums, you are bound to be accused of being rude. But you walk away to go and prove yourself. Every major innovator has gone through this "perceived attitude" problem. I think Haas understands this and that is the reason why they are like a socialist B-school rather than a capitalistic one. After all "non-profits" are nothing but offshoots of socialism in a capitalistic economy!

Ironically, most of these mavericks that we know of, have been school drop outs. So I guess, even if Haas was to accept Jobs, Jobs would anyways leave the school mid way.

RIP Jobs.

Back to business... any R3 interview invites??!!??

Steve Jobs was no angel. Great CEO, but let's not forget the illegitimate daughter he had with his high school girlfriend, who he refused to support financially, forcing them to go on welfare.

Would that come up in a business school interview? or would it be mentioned in an application?
You are judged based on the merits of your application (or atleast what the ad com understands/thinks of it), not if you are involved in a paternity suit.

Haha~~We totally went off topic here. The only reason I mentioned about Jobs was becuz in my update letter to Haas (wl after interview), I talked a bit about Jobs' continuous innovation, which is one of the core values of Haas. However, the alum who was helping me with the wl process told me absolutely NOT to talk about Jobs because he was not well perceived as a leader who succeeded in a way that aligns with Haas' values. Don't get me wrong! Jobs is damn smart and he's a great leader in his way. But apparently he's not the best leader to be included in our essays when we apply to Haas.

Hey guys,
Any R3 invites in the past 2 days?

There were couple of "Invited to Interview" reports on the applicant tracker this week which went unreported on the forum here

Received an interview invite this afternoon, applied at the deadline in R3.

Congrats!

Do they have something like super saturday for R3 or is it only for R1 and 2?

nikheel, I didn't see any super Saturday... the choices were on (1 hr time blocks) and off campus.

I received my interview invite today. Does anyone know when is the last day to interview for round 3 applicants?
Thanks!

any R1 or R2 waitlisters hear anything yet? I'm told the deadline is this Friday!!

Nope. Waiting anxiously and hoping for the best.

Are you guys both wl from R1? I'm a wl from R2 and I was told that I should be expecting some updates around early May.

R1

Not trying to read too much into this but my application went back under review this morning from saying "waitlist".

I wonder if we will receive calls from Stephanie slightly before the deadline (this friday for R1) if we are admitted like the normal admits do.