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Rankings (2012 GMAT Club Rankings Table) US News 2011 #7 Entrepreneurship #6 Executive MBA #9 Finance #8 International #10 Management #9 Marketing #8 Nonprofit #2 Part-time MBA #2 Bloomberg Businessweek #8 Financial Times #4 The Economist #6 Historical GMAT Club Applicant Threads Fall 2012 - Calling All UC Berkeley Haas Applicants Fall 2011 - Calling All UC Berkeley Haas Applicants Fall 2010 - Calling All UC Berkeley Haas Applicants Fall 2009 - Calling All UC Berkeley Haas Applicants Fall 2008 - Calling All UC Berkeley Haas Applicants Fall 2007 - Calling All UC Berkeley Haas Applicants Popular Links Programs Offered at UC Berkeley Haas UC Berkeley Haas Employment Reports Prominent Faculty Notable Alumni 2011 Employment Report https://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/careers/employmentreports.html Top Programs Finance Program: https://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/academics/finance.html Marketing Program: https://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/academics/marketing.html Management of Organizations: https://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/academics/mors.html Entrepreneurship: https://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/academics/entrepreneurship.html Global Management: https://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/academics/globalmanagement.html Nonprofit and Public Leadership: https://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/academics/nonprofit.html Application Deadlines Round 1: October 17, 2012 | Decision Date: January 10, 2013 Round 2: November 29, 2012| Decision Date: February 21, 2013 Round 3: January 16, 2013 | Decision Date: April 11, 2013 Round 4: March 12, 2013| Decision Date: May 16, 2013 Consortium Deadlines: Round 1 November 15, 2012 | Decision Date: March 14, 2013 Round 2 January 5, 2013 | Decision Date: March 14, 2013 Admission Essays: At Berkeley-Haas, our distinctive culture is defined by four key principles — Question the status quo; Confidence without attitude; Students always; and Beyond yourself. We seek candidates from a broad range of cultures, backgrounds, and industries who demonstrate a strong cultural fit with our program and defining principles. Please use the following essays as an opportunity to reflect on and share with us the values, experiences, and accomplishments that have helped shape who you are.(Learn more about Berkeley-Haas' Defining Principles). 1. If you could choose one song that expresses who you are, what is it and why? (250 word maximum) 2. What is your most significant accomplishment? (250 word maximum) 3. Describe a time when you questioned an established practice or thought within an organization. How did your actions create positive change? (250 word maximum) 4. Describe a time when you were a student of your own failure. What specific insight from this experience has shaped your development? (250 word maximum) 5.a. What are your post-MBA short-term and long-term career goals? How have your professional experiences prepared you to achieve these goals? b. How will an MBA from Haas help you achieve these goals? (750 word maximum for 5a. and 5b.) Supplemental information 1. If you have not provided a letter of recommendation from your current supervisor, please explain; otherwise, enter N/A. 2. List in order of importance all community and professional organizations and extracurricular activities in which you have been involved during or after university studies. Indicate the nature of the activity or organization, size of the organization, dates of involvement, offices held, and average number of hours spent per month. 3. List full-time and part-time jobs held during undergraduate or graduate studies, indicating the employer, job title, employment dates, location, and the number of hours worked per week for each position held prior to the completion of your degree. 4. Please explain all gaps in your employment since earning your university degree. 5. If you have ever been subject to academic discipline, placed on probation, suspended, or required to withdraw from any college or university, please explain. If not, please enter N/A. (An affirmative response to this question does not automatically disqualify you from admission.) Optional Essays 1. (Optional) Please feel free to provide a statement concerning any information you would like to add to your application that you haven't addressed elsewhere. (500 word maximum) 2. (Optional) If not clearly evident, please discuss ways in which you have demonstrated strong quantitative abilities, or plan to strengthen quantitative abilities. You do not need to list courses that appear on your transcript. (250 word maximum) Class Profile Entering Class Fall 2011 Applications Received - 3,444 Enrolled Students - 236 Women - 29% US Minority Students* - 43% International Students - 37% Countries Represented - 38 Median Age at Enrollment - 28 years Median Years of Post-University Work Experience - 5 years Academic Profile Average Undergraduate GPA - 3.64 Range of Middle 80% - 3.39-3.90 Average GMAT - 715 Range of Middle 80% - 675-750 Average TOEFL (iBT) - 110 Range of Middle 80% - 102-117 Previous Degrees Bachelor's - 100% Master's - 15% Ph.D. - 1% Selected Undergraduate Majors Business - 24% Economics - 22% Engineering - 22% Social Sciences - 14% Humanities- 6% Natural Sciences - 5% Computer Sciences - 4% Other - 3% Selected Industry Experience Consulting - 26% Banking & Financial Services - 19% Not-for-Profit - 10% High Technology/Electronics - 7% Consumer Products/Retail - 6% Energy - 4% Government - 4% Healthcare/Pharma/Biotech - 4% Real Estate - 3% Accounting - 2% Telecommunications - 2% Other - 13% *Includes African American, Hispanic American, Native American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Asian American, and East Indian/Pakistani

If I'm in your position I would just put in zeros in there, I don't think it's something that will break or make your application. I have just submitted for R2 too myself, best of luck for all of us!

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Submitted for R2. Best of luck, everyone!

Anyone else repeating themselves in the essays. Especially in essay #2 (your greatest accomplishment) and essay #5 (-the part about how your experience so far has helped you prepare you to achieve your goal)?

I went personal with #2. Definitely don't repeat yourself. In U and I.

I don't think it's a problem as long as you don't go into details in both essays - in other words, if there's no overlapping content. In my achievement essay I present a project I worked on in detail, explaining the task, my role, the result and why I consider it important. I mention the same project in my #5 essay but it's just two sentences to highlight it as one of my main reasons in deciding to pursue an MBA.

I have just submitted my application!!! Am I getting any confirmation email after some few days saying that everything is OK and that the app is ready for review? The waiting begins!!!