Calling all Berkeley-Haas Fall 2010 Applicants

bucktooth911 beat me to it, by announcing the change in the essay questions.

So i will put in the major/minor changes in the essays.

Major Change:

Short Question 1: What are you most passionate about? Why? (250 word maximum)

Completely new question.

Optional Essay 2: has been removed.

So what does it mean for the HAAS Achievement Award? Maybe the Adcom would want applicants applying for that award to answer here.

Minor Change:

Short Question 3: 3. At Haas, we value innovation and creativity. Describe a time when you created positive change in a group or an organization? (250 words)


I think the major highlight here is positive change.

Long Question 2: 2. What are your post-MBA short-term and long-term career goals? How do your professional experiences relate to these goals? How will an MBA from Berkeley help you achieve these specific career goals? (1000 word maximum)

The last part of the question no longer asks about 'Why Now' but more emphasis on how Haas would help you achieve these goals.

2. Tell us about your most significant accomplishment.
3. At Haas, we value innovation and creativity. Describe a time when you created positive change in a group or an organization.
1. Give us an example of a situation in which you displayed leadership.

have the answer for you guys, but still need to gather a little more data. Will post in a day or two, stay tuned. (in short, Haas is part of the program)

Not necessarily. If you think hard enough, you can pick three different things that will demonstrate various strengths and still answer the question.

For example, I did:

2. A tennis team related activity (extracurricular leadership, team player, personality)
3. an at work social group (leadership, innovation/change, social person)
1. A work rotation where I led a whole program (achievement at work, leadership style)

hope that helps!

Thats right. Each question can relate to a different aspect of your leadership skill or a different situation (either at work place or in ur extra-curricular activity).

the one thing i am a little unsure is to which leadership situation is better for a particular question from an Adcom's view.

i.e Do i put the extracurricular leadership for short question Q2 and the work place leadership situation to Long question Q1, or the other way round. Maybe i will just toss a coin.

You're overanalyzing too much if you're wondering about which one is "better" from the Adcom's view. What is "better" is an example that truly represents who you are, what you bring to the school, and your leadership ability. If you have a short and sweet example for leadership, use it in the short answers. If you have one from work that's more detailed, use it for Long Q1. It's all about what information you can tell them to make you three dimensional.

How is the Healthcare major at Haas compared with other schools who have Healthcare concenteration in their MBA?

Will the adcom give preference to applicants who have work-ex and education related to the Healthcare industry?

Too much analysis on the questions, i suppose. Have to stop it.

kryzak, how about Consulting firms. How is the recruiting for consulting from HAAS during these times?

HAAS has a strong affiliation to Energy/Clean tech. So besides entrepreneurship, does HAAS offer other avenues to pursue in this sector like in Energy Investments. Any particular Program/Club/Initiative at HAAS for this?

How is the Healthcare major at Haas compared with other schools who have Healthcare concenteration in their MBA?

Will the adcom give preference to applicants who have work-ex and education related to the Healthcare industry?

This is a bit premature since we all still have to apply and get accepted , but did anyone see the notice on the Haas FT MBA Costs website? https://www.haas.berkeley.edu/mba/finaid/FTCosts.htm

At the end of the first paragraph, it says to note that due to the state budget crisis, university fees may be increased mid-year. It was mentioned on page 1 of this thread that tuition has been gone up to match most other schools (at least out of state), but this possible hike seems to be separate; it'll be interesting to see what happens.