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Kryyyyyyyyyyyyyy .. dudddddddddeeeeeeeeeeee !!!

Congratulations!!! I am really very glad that you got into one of your top choices. Great going.
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I'm still on cloud 9... ugh... need to get some work done before I can leave the office... ugh, don't want to do work...

BTW, this is a double whammer for me... something HUGE happened at work today (reorg) that may give me a much easier time transitioning out of my job in the near term... wow... this was a good day!
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kry, HUGE Congrats! I somehow knew you were going to get in. :woohoo
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Kry!

CONGRATS! Your contributions to this forum have been amazing! So glad to hear you got in!!!
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Congrats kry!!!! Knew you would get in... :) Awesome news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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kry, HUGE Congrats! I somehow knew you were going to get in. :woohoo
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Haha, your crystal ball has been 100% so far, NC (I won't blame you for Stanford, haha :P)
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Congrats Kry! It's definitely well-deserved. I may see you at DAH!

Today was a great day between both MIT and Berkeley giving me admits. Now to make the tough decision. The problem is that MIT requires a decision by 3/15, but DAH isn't until April. Any suggestions on how to handle a decision date that is before the Admit weekend for another school?
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jc2010, CONGRATS! Double whammy eh? Nice!!! :)

It's a tough choice, but there's actually a thread in BW talking about this. Here is my response:

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Both wonderful schools for entrepreneurship, especially in tech.

Haas probably has a bigger focus (outside of tech) on non-profit, social responsibility, energy/net impact, and things like that. MIT is probably a little stronger in tech (though both schools are very strong).

Haas has better weather, MIT has larger classes (could be a pro or con). MIT is in the "M7", Haas is just outside of it (#8 in many rankings this year), and slightly better than Columbia in a few aspects (thus the Haas-Columbia exchange program for 3 students a year).

I don't think you can go wrong with either, so you really need to visit the schools to see if you fit their "culture". I don't know too much about MIT, but if I had to pick, I would decide based on where you want to live, where you want to work afterwards, and how much you like the professors and students.

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Anyway, again, to answer your question, MIT and Haas are great schools for VC and Entrepreneurship, with the difference that Haas might have a stronger (slightly) brand name and connections on the West Coast, while MIT rules the East Coast and Midwest.

MIT's general "brand" name is better than Haas because of its history, and its engineering/science school is also second to none. But Berkeley, like someone else said, is one of the top all around schools, which offer strengths in other subjects. Apples and Oranges I guess.

Haas is also strong in things like Net Impact, Energy, Social Responsibility, Real Estate, and Social Ventures, if that's the type of Entrepreneurship you want to do.

In the end, I don't think you can go wrong going to either school for Entrepreneurship and VC, and it really depends on location. Haas' name probably won't be as strong on the East Coast, while MIT will be strong everywhere but will diminish a little here on the West Coast.

My 2 cents, and hope that helps!
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You can try to call MIT up and ask for a longer decision date, I'm sure they will be accomodating if you're nice about it and explain your reasoning. It would be unreasonable if they expect you to make your decisions without actually going to admit weekend events.

What do you want to do for your long term goal? That may help.

Here are some Strengths for each school, in my mind:

Haas:
- Strong in Tech and Entrepreneurship on the West Coast and Asia
- Smaller class size, tight knit group
- Very very collaborative culture
- Very strong in social responsibility, net impact, social venture, etc...
- Improving every year for the past few years, due to a very good "acting" dean (who may become full dean this year)
- Great weather
- Cheaper (though cost will climb about 7% a year for the next 3-4 years)

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- Strong in Tech and Entrepreneurship on the East Coast and Europe
- Stronger general brand name (UE vs E)
- Very established in the B-school world and the school is very established in the tech world

I might have to defer more MIT strengths to River and NC...
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Haas/Berkeley Applicants Status - 1/28/2008
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jc2010 - R1 - Admitted!
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Congrats kryzak!! I knew you would get in...and a scholarship is just icing on the cake!! I am still staring at my phone so cross your fingers for the rest of us waiting.
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excellent stuff, kry! congratulations.
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i'm rooting for you, red_s4 (and everyone else).

Hopefully we'll see each other at both Anderson and Haas Admit weekends!
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Congratulations to all of the Haas admits!

Kryzak, sweet new avatar!
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thanks dj! maybe we can do the Columbia-Haas exchange program next year? :-D

I need some help (without photoshop) to make a collage of the Anderson and Haas pictures until I decide which school... :)
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Great job Kry...guess you dont have to worry about the wait for Kellogg now. We will miss you in the city of Chicago next year.
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D'u know what time they will email the admission result? Are they going to call all the admits? I read from BW that they call in the afternoon time (1pm to 5pm) -which is 2am to 6am at my palce - so I am hoping that I have not been out of the game =((
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OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG........ :hair

Just got the call from Pete Johnson, I'm IN!!! (with 1/2 tuition scholarship for both years)
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All right, way to go man! That is some serious cash to go along with it too. I never doubted they'd call, I think you've got pretty much the ideal profile to them. I am dissapointed I wont be joining you guys in the bay area next year. Well someone has to form the GMATClub West contingent to balance out the Midwest power.

kryzak

I need some help (without photoshop) to make a collage of the Anderson and Haas pictures until I decide which school... :)
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Really? I didn't think this would be much of a decision at all. Although if you get your MBA from UCLA you will score a California degree hat trick! :-D
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thanks dj! maybe we can do the Columbia-Haas exchange program next year? :-D

I need some help (without photoshop) to make a collage of the Anderson and Haas pictures until I decide which school... :)
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The west coast would be a nice change of scenery...and I would like to think less expensive then Manhattan.
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OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG........ :hair

Just got the call from Pete Johnson, I'm IN!!! (with 1/2 tuition scholarship for both years)

I had to run outside of the office to speak more "freely" (and get better reception), but it was a good conversation and perfect since I'm heading up to Berkeley for recruiting on Wednesday, so I'll swing by and say hi.

Anyway, the convo lasted about 8 minutes, with some details about things coming up like alumni events, admit events, etc... I was just stuttering like an idiot saying "thank you, uh huh, thank you, thank you..." :P

Wow... this is probably the happiest admit for me (especially coming after the Stanford ding), and I was truly nervous when Pete started to call people this afternoon. I'm glad it's finally over...

Thank you all at GMATClub for your constant support (and PMs/emails) throughout this process. There is no way I could have done all this without your camaraderie, advice, reviews, critiques, and shared pain (and happiness). I owe it to y'all!

Good luck to all the others here, I WANT to see you at Days at Haas in April, a'ight?! :)

(I think I can finally begin to write my "journey" post, now that R1 decisions are over)
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Holy moly--congrats!! Guess I won't be seeing you in Evanston next year :-D
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thanks dj! maybe we can do the Columbia-Haas exchange program next year? :-D

I need some help (without photoshop) to make a collage of the Anderson and Haas pictures until I decide which school... :)
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What's the decision?? Haas, hands down.
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