Leverandon wrote:
I noticed on the Haas application that there was a check box for if you were a Berkeley undergrad. I don't think any of the other apps that I have filled out have had that. Do you know if Haas gives any preference (even a small one ) for Berkeley undergrads.
On a completely unrelated note...do the current Haas students know if Prof. Robinson teaches any classes at the graduate level regularly? I took Undergraduate Business 10 (Principles of Business) with Prof. Robinson at Berkeley when I was considering becoming a Haas undergrad major. He was awesome!
WOW, lots of questions while I'm away at a conference. Anyway, I'll try my best to answer and will have to defer some to the official Haas Student Ambassadors (
hsa@haas.berkeley.edu).
I don't remember the Berkeley undergrad checkbox, but from what I know, Berkeley UG definitely has the most people represented in the class, though Stanford, Penn, and UCLA are not far behind. I wouldn't read too much into that check box.
Not sure about Prof. Robinson, that's something braindancer or naturallight might be able to answer?
sng wrote:
Good to see Haas thread being active again.
I am preparing for RD2. Stephanie Fujii said at the New York City infosession that RD1 and RD2 aren't much different, RD3 fluctuates year to year, and RD4 is definitely hard. But last year people at G-club had better results in RD1. What do you say, kry?
R1 and R2 should be the same, but for GMATClub last year, 6 of us got in R1 and only 1 got in R2, so take that however you like to.
I would urge R1 if you can make it, but DON'T sacrifice the quality of your application just to push it in R1.
rosav wrote:
I am currently applying R1, and so far I am working on 2 ideas for this--one personal, one more professional. T
The personal one will showcase who YOU are, while the professional one will strengthen your experience story. The only caution I have with the personal one is that you truly talk about WHY you regret not knowing your grandfather well. It should be a substantial reason and not just because "I just kinda wanna get to know him...".
If you have a good story and a strong reason (that you can relate to the core of who you are as a person), I would go with the personal one, because those differentiate you more and leave more of an impact. Of course, that's the high risk-high reward route, so I'll leave the final decision to you.
Morgen wrote:
Some questions I have for any of the Haas representatives:
1. What electives/classes would you recommend for someone with entrepreneurship aspirations in the medical devices field?
2. Can you tell me about recruiters from the biotech / medical devices fields? How many students got internships? Full time offers? What about approaching companies who does not recruit on campus?
3. What is the added value of the MOT (management of technology) certificate in your opinion? It sounds interesting but I wasn’t able to contact anyone who is actually on that program.
4. Do you know of any medical devices startups initiated by Haas students?
I contacted numerous Haas students so far and I am amazed by the responsiveness and willingness to help of you guys.
Thanks!
Those are some tough questions
. I would have to recommend you email the
hsa@haas.berkeley.edu. Matt Holman, who's an MBA/MPH candidate should be able to help you out with that.
A few more days left, GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
Can someone start a list with who's submitting, a la the old Berkeley thread:
103-t48803