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guys, here is the text email about waitlist:

Your application for admission to the Berkeley MBA Program is being held for further consideration. We find your strengths and accomplishments are more impressive than the majority of our applicants, however, the highly competitive nature of our admission process is such that we are unable to offer admission to more than a small percentage of our applicants at this time.

We would like to continue your candidacy by offering you a place on the waitlist. As a waitlisted candidate, you are able to submit additional materials for your application, provided that these materials add new information.

There are many things that you can do to enhance your candidacy:

1) We strongly encourage you to schedule an interview if you have not already had one as a part of the admissions process. In addition to interviewing on campus, you may also schedule an interview in other cities around the US and the world. To request an interview, please use the Interview Scheduler link available on the Status Report page of your online application. (NOTE: You will not be able to schedule an interview until you first accept a place on our waitlist by following the directions below.)

2) If your GMAT or TOEFL scores fall below our averages, you may wish to retake the test and forward an unofficial score (followed by your official score) to the admissions office.

3) If you feel you have not sufficiently demonstrated quantitative ability to the Admissions Committee, as shown by your undergraduate and graduate level coursework and by the quantitative subscore on the GMAT, you may wish to enroll in a statistics or calculus course at a local college, retake the GMAT, or do both.

4) You may provide an additional letter of recommendation (or two) to your file, if the letter will add information that was not provided in the original letters submitted. New letters may be submitted in hard copy or electronically. To request a new online recommendation, you must enter the Recommendations section of your online application and provide the requested information regarding your new recommender. (NOTE: You will not be able to request a new online recommendation until you first accept a place on our waitlist by following the directions below.)

5) You may submit a new statement (via mail, fax, or email) updating the Admissions Committee on any relevant changes in your professional or personal life since your application was submitted.

6) Check your status on-line <https://ssl.haas.berkeley.edu/Admissions/status/> to see if there are additional materials needed before a final decision can be made on your application. If so, now is the time for you to provide those materials to the Admissions Office.

Please note that we do not rank our waitlist. We periodically review all waitlisted candidates, so you may receive a final decision from us as early as April or as late as August. While we regret that we cannot be more encouraging at this time, please be assured that only a highly select group of qualified applicants is offered a place on our waitlist.

To accept a place on the waitlist, please respond to this email as soon as possible. If we do not hear from you by Wednesday, March 16, we will assume that you are no longer interested in being considered for admission, and your application will be withdrawn. As noted above, you will not be able to schedule an interview or request a new online recommendation until you accept a place on the waitlist. After we receive your response, it will take us one business day to update our database so that you can schedule your interview and/or request your new online recommendation.

To address any questions or concerns you may have, our admissions directors will be hosting an online chat with waitlisted candidates on Monday, March 7 at 4:00pm Pacific Time. To enter the chat, visit https://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/chat.html

We highly recommend testing your browser prior to the chat by following the link and logging in. Please plan to login promptly to participate in the full chat session.

We appreciate your interest in the Berkeley MBA and your patience with the application process. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the admissions office directly at 510-642-1405.
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Is it just me or does the highlited sentence contain a sc error (there should be "than those of")?
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Good point. I guess you could note it in your response they might like you more.
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After some drama of not getting any update yesterday, I called admissions today to find out my fate.
Found out that I'm in!!!
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After some drama of not getting any update yesterday, I called admissions today to find out my fate.
Found out that I'm in!!!
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Congrats! And see...? The non-status change WAS a very good thing after all!
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nice! are they verifying your transcripts?
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@K8: Yes, indeed! I shouldn't have complained!
@nomadconsultant: Yes, they are doing so. Apparently it should be done in a few days.
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awesome. same here! hope to see you @DAH2.
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Have the statistics / rollcall on the first page been updated after this round? Are the admit percentages in line with what we've seen earlier?
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Have the statistics / rollcall on the first page been updated after this round? Are the admit percentages in line with what we've seen earlier?
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The stats have been updated.
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Have the statistics / rollcall on the first page been updated after this round? Are the admit percentages in line with what we've seen earlier?
The stats have been updated.
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Thanks, Av. Just curious: do you read all the posts to get the stats? Can the system be automated or self-report?

To all fellow applicants: can you verify your status on the roll call so that we can have a complete picture?

To all waitlisters: if the current 13% rate is correct, that suggests they are slowing down on putting people in purgatory.
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Thanks, Av. Just curious: do you read all the posts to get the stats? Can the system be automated or self-report?
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I do. It will be automated/self-reported in future application seasons.
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My Data to help others and myself evaluate the situ correctly
Interviewed on SS, R2, W/L now.
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Would be great also to hear back from R1 waitlisted, no matter what their situation is now (no news / admit / ding)
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I am a R3 applicant waiting for an interview invite. Haas is one of the few schools I am waiting to hear back from and is definitely my #1 pick.

Is there anything I can do at this time to improve my candidacy? Can I email the Admissions office to provide them an update on my job/etc and steps I have take in the past 2 months to show that I am a great fit? Any comment or advice is appreciated. Thank you.
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Would be great also to hear back from R1 waitlisted, no matter what their situation is now (no news / admit / ding)
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I'm a R1 waitlister. No news yet. Anxiously waiting.

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MBAIsrael is right - that's the classic sort of thing we have to spot in GMAT SC questions. Ironic that they recommend taking the GMAT again for some of us... I doubt we get any brownie points for pointing that out to them, though!
I have to think about this, I'm very keen on Haas and need to understand why they waitlisted me.
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I posted my R2 interview details on the Clearadmit wiki for R3/R4/WL applicants.
https://clearadmit.com/wiki/index.php?ti ... yInterview

Posting it again here:

Background: Intl/M/740/3+yr in Oil and Gas (all Intl)/solid community-work
Visited Haas 2 weeks prior to R2 application deadline.

Interview scheduling:
I am based in the Middle East. Surprisingly, there was a Haas alumna in my country. However, both of us had very busy schedules for Feb. I ended up scheduling it on the last day for all interviews (which was 5 days away from R2 deadline). Interestingly, the interviewer was traveling from her city to the city where I am based for a business meeting. Location was a café in a hotel. I wore a business suit without a necktie.

Questions:
Small chit-chat about the interviewer’s business trip. Handed in an updated copy of my resume.
    Tell me about yourself.
    More about the non-profit organization that I co-founded.
    Short-term and long-term goals. (I included the answer for why MBA)
    Tell me about a challenging leadership situation you faced. (Probed deeper on what my exact role was)
    Tell me about a time when you were in a team that failed. (Probed deeper on whether we overcame that failure)
    Tell me about a time when you met with resistance in a professional setting, either with a team or a person.
    Why Haas?
    What do you bring to Haas?
    My questions for the interviewer

Overall pretty standard. There was considerable probing with the behavioral questions though.
Berkeley was my #1 choice in a lot of aspects, and I think my research and campus visit helped me nail the ‘Why Haas’ and ‘What do you bring to Haas’ pitches.
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I am a R3 applicant waiting for an interview invite. Haas is one of the few schools I am waiting to hear back from and is definitely my #1 pick.

Is there anything I can do at this time to improve my candidacy? Can I email the Admissions office to provide them an update on my job/etc and steps I have take in the past 2 months to show that I am a great fit? Any comment or advice is appreciated. Thank you.
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I think this post answers your question perfectly:
calling-all-cornell-johnson-fall-2011-applicants-99090-1020.html#p885453

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MBAIsrael is right - that's the classic sort of thing we have to spot in GMAT SC questions. Ironic that they recommend taking the GMAT again for some of us... I doubt we get any brownie points for pointing that out to them, though!
I have to think about this, I'm very keen on Haas and need to understand why they waitlisted me.
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Actually the sc thing is kind of an anecdote. I'm much more worried that only 4% of w/l applicants managed to get off the waitlist last year. I plan to ask them on today's chat for WL whether they tried to keep the list smaller this year.

BTW - all waitlisters - do not forget today's chat :)
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FYI fellow R3ers, I got an e-mail a few days back saying they my transcript was illegible and asking me to resend. Sounds like they're starting to get to us--I applied 1/20. (Was able to quickly sort it out and it sounds like my application is now headed to someone's desk somewhere.)
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FYI fellow R3ers, I got an e-mail a few days back saying they my transcript was illegible and asking me to resend. Sounds like they're starting to get to us--I applied 1/20. (Was able to quickly sort it out and it sounds like my application is now headed to someone's desk somewhere.)
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thanks for the update
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