Haas (UC Berkeley) 2013 - Calling All Applicants

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