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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   28 Nov 2013, 18:25
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Preparing for Round 2 and..... I can't find my song!!!!
How did you R1 applicants find yours?

Start it from the end. Take the list of songs that you love the most. Throw away those without lyrics or those that have undoubtedly simple lyrics. Try to find something encouraging or phylosophical, but do not go with most obvious choices, like Nirvana or The Beatles... Then find something in your life, like the time when you struggled or overcame a setback and then you should try to make an overlap between this song and that period of life and how it helped you and what you took from it. More or less like that.


That's one way. Just a word of caution - the question doesnt about your favorite song, but the one which expresses you the best. So, another way can be to identify what you want to convey to the adcom and then picking a song. However, I agree with the advice that doing a very common song would be no fun. Finally, show some creativity in choosing and linking the song to your life. The song itself is a very small component of the essay. It's what you do around it.

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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   28 Nov 2013, 20:39
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Mine status changed to stage 2 on 27/11/2013 :

Status Description
Your application for admission to the Berkeley Full-time MBA Program is under review by the Admissions Committee. You will be contacted at the decision deadline to see your final admissions decision.

I think now they have picked up my application and reviewing. So I should be expecting interview call in a week if they like my profile.

Berkeley has a very nice app portal and they keep us updated about changes. I really appreciate that they too understand we are anticipating updates periodically.

Good luck Guys !!


Appreciate the feedback!
Good to know that they are not done reviewing the apps.
Hopefully my status changes soon as well.
Good luck to those who are still waiting!
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   01 Dec 2013, 05:17
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Preparing for Round 2 and..... I can't find my song!!!!
How did you R1 applicants find yours?

Start it from the end. Take the list of songs that you love the most. Throw away those without lyrics or those that have undoubtedly simple lyrics. Try to find something encouraging or phylosophical, but do not go with most obvious choices, like Nirvana or The Beatles... Then find something in your life, like the time when you struggled or overcame a setback and then you should try to make an overlap between this song and that period of life and how it helped you and what you took from it. More or less like that.


That's one way. Just a word of caution - the question doesnt about your favorite song, but the one which expresses you the best. So, another way can be to identify what you want to convey to the adcom and then picking a song. However, I agree with the advice that doing a very common song would be no fun. Finally, show some creativity in choosing and linking the song to your life. The song itself is a very small component of the essay. It's what you do around it.

Good luck


Thanks guys!
I know that I have to find the song that expresses me best, but I'm not really into music so I don't know many songs..
I wish there were a site that categorized music based on the contents of lyrics... not the genre...
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   01 Dec 2013, 12:43
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Thanks guys!
I know that I have to find the song that expresses me best, but I'm not really into music so I don't know many songs..
I wish there were a site that categorized music based on the contents of lyrics... not the genre...


Well, me neither, I just surf and sometimes something I find attractive and just add it to my list. Try to look through the list of Indie groups, you may find something really brilliant there. I don't know your taste, but check out these bands and look through their lyrics, maybe something will catch your eye:

Arctic Monkeys
Coldplay
The Guggenheim Grotto,
Bebe Balck (I liked "Never Forget" and Deathwish")

and many many others of that kind. =)

And by the way, this particular song from OST Breaking Bad was really great: Black.
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   01 Dec 2013, 18:07
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gsmtftw wrote:
Thanks guys!
I know that I have to find the song that expresses me best, but I'm not really into music so I don't know many songs..
I wish there were a site that categorized music based on the contents of lyrics... not the genre...


Well, me neither, I just surf and sometimes something I find attractive and just add it to my list. Try to look through the list of Indie groups, you may find something really brilliant there. I don't know your taste, but check out these bands and look through their lyrics, maybe something will catch your eye:

Arctic Monkeys
Coldplay
The Guggenheim Grotto,
Bebe Balck (I liked "Never Forget" and Deathwish")

and many many others of that kind. =)

And by the way, this particular song from OST Breaking Bad was really great: Black.


This essay is supposed to be fun...it should be fun to write and fun for the adcoms to read. I wouldn't over-think or over-analyze the essay, just think about a few songs you like, see if any relate to who you are, and enjoy writing an essay that's less 'serious' than most other ones.
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   02 Dec 2013, 04:47
anyone based in Great China got the interview yet? just logged in to check and my status is still in Stage 1.i.e" ready for review" rather than "is under review"..
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   02 Dec 2013, 11:00
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   02 Dec 2013, 16:00
FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Haas Trivia Contest Day 1
Part I: Through which experiential learning course did Wells Fargo engage students to develop recommendations for cost-effective and scalable solutions to double retirement accounts?   (Hint: An MBA graduate was hired by Wells Fargo as a result of this course!)

Part II: Name another recent client of this experiential learning course.

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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   02 Dec 2013, 17:34
Just got my interview invitation. I am based in Singapore.
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 02 Feb 2015, 17:00
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Originally posted by werfancy on 02 Dec 2013, 17:58.
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   02 Dec 2013, 18:11
lostkiki wrote:
anyone based in Great China got the interview yet? just logged in to check and my status is still in Stage 1.i.e" ready for review" rather than "is under review"..


I'm based in China and right now I'm at the "application under review" stage
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   02 Dec 2013, 19:17
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Just got my interview invitation. I am based in Singapore.

Congrats Ramdonwalk! Few questions:

When did ur app move to the under review stage (the one with ready to review) and did it change to stage 2? Also, what does the status say right now?


werfancy, I unfortunately did not track the status changes. I had wrongly interpreted the status change stages and had been tracking the remarks section which used to say "bring the transcripts along during interview" instead of the statuses themselves. :roll:

My current status is "interview and review".
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   02 Dec 2013, 21:26
If it's at all helpful -

Stage 2 Review: Nov. 12
Interview Invitation: Nov. 26
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   03 Dec 2013, 12:32
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If it's at all helpful -

Stage 2 Review: Nov. 12
Interview Invitation: Nov. 26


Go123, did you submit the GMAT or the GRE? I'm wondering if anyone's submitted the GRE instead of the GMAT and gotten an interview...
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   03 Dec 2013, 13:22
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If it's at all helpful -

Stage 2 Review: Nov. 12
Interview Invitation: Nov. 26


Go123, did you submit the GMAT or the GRE? I'm wondering if anyone's submitted the GRE instead of the GMAT and gotten an interview...



Just GMAT
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   03 Dec 2013, 13:38
I'm an international applicant and haven't received an interview invite yet...
How worried should I be?
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   03 Dec 2013, 13:41
So I logged into the account, it says my application is under review but when I click on the status description and it keeps saying an error occurred. Should I be worried?!
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   03 Dec 2013, 13:44
Only 9% of applicants on this forum have reported either an invite to interview or an interview. Haas admissions people say they usually interview around 25% of applicants. Am I missing something? I think we have a whole lot more invites to go. Way too early to lose hope! If I don't hear from admissions by Christmas, I will allow myself to lose hope then :)
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   03 Dec 2013, 13:46
I'm getting the error message too. Must be their system...
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Re: Haas (Full Time MBA) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants [#permalink] New post   03 Dec 2013, 13:54
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