Calling all Berkeley-Haas Fall 2010 Applicants

R3 Admissions Blog Update: https://berkeleymba.blogspot.com/

Thanks Lauren!

Question: I'm a round 3 applicant and I received an interview invite a couple hours ago. Does anyone know what percentage of applicants are interviewed, and, out of that pool, what percentage are given offers? Thanks

Answer: The following is from Pete Johnson's blog (Haas Director of Admissions): https://berkeleymba.blogspot.com/

Contrary to popular belief, there is no fixed percentage of applicants who are interviewed, and chances of admission for those who do interview are based on the strength of the entire application package and the interview. In the past few years, between 25% and 30% of all applicants have been selected to interview--but keep in mind that this percentage has varied each year. It's simply a reflection of the strength of the candidates in a specific round.

Although it's a positive sign to be invited to interview, it doesn't mean you'll get an offer--but it does mean that the Admissions Committee saw enough strengths in your application to be seriously considering your candidacy, so it's always a good sign!

If you are invited to interview, be sure to listen to the Interview tips podcast, which you can find at https://www.haas.berkeley.edu/haas/podca ... _tips1.mp3

Some additional interview information (not from Pete's blog): The Admissions Committee does not have a certain quota for the number of interview invitations per round, as it really depends on the strength of the applicant pool. In addition, the Admissions Committee does not break down admittance numbers per round. Generally speaking, offers of admissions are made to between 12-15% of the applicant pool but this can vary from year to year depending on the strength of the pool.

Has anyone been dinged for R3 yet ? Or does one get notified about being rejected only after the deadline ?

Question: Has anyone been dinged for R3 yet ? Or does one get notified about being rejected only after the deadline ?

Answer: Most decisions for round 3 will be shared with applicants on April 28. Pete Johnson, however, posted the following on his blog this week, "Due to the timing of the "Days at Haas" admitted student weekend in late April, we plan to release a small number of decisisions early to enable those selected to attend Days at Haas. All applicants will receive a decision by our stated Round 3 response date." For applicants that do not receive offers in round 3, you can expect to receive the decision on or around the decision deadline of April 28.

Lauren, who would be the specific candidates targeted for Days @ Haas for Rd. 3? Is it primarily local applicants? If I'm on the East Coast and don't have my interview until Friday, April 23rd, I would assume it would be unlikely that I would be invited given such short notice. Do you think this is an accurrate assumption? Thanks.

Question: Lauren, who would be the specific candidates targeted for Days @ Haas for Rd. 3? Is it primarily local applicants? If I'm on the East Coast and don't have my interview until Friday, April 23rd, I would assume it would be unlikely that I would be invited given such short notice. Do you think this is an accurrate assumption? Thanks.

Answer: The Admissions Committee is not targeting specific candidates from specific geographic locations for early round 3 offers. If you are invited to interview, and are then offered admittance to the class of 2012 prior to the second admit weekend, we will do our best to help you get to campus for Days at Haas II.

I just had my interview yesterday. Here are the questions as best as I remember, hope this helps those of you with upcoming interviews.

Walk me through your resume briefly
Why Haas
Elaborate on your post mba career plans
+follow ups
Tell me about a time you received constructive criticism
What is your leadership style
+follow ups
A time you had difficulty with someone at work
What do you think it takes for a team to be successful
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What have you done to make an impact in your organization
What do you do in your free time
What book are you currently reading
Any questions

I had my interview on Wednesday, and I was expecting a slew of questions like rtm47, but surprisingly it was really simple:
-- Walk me through your resume and elaborate on some of the projects you've worked on.
-- What are your goals?
-- Why Haas?
-- Why should Haas want you?
-- Any questions?

Hi Lauren,

I'm a R4 applicant who will be spending most of May in a small west African village for a project. I'm afraid that if I get invited to interview after I leave the US, I may not be able to schedule an in-person interview since my ability to travel will be limited and there will likely be no alums in the region. What would my options be in such situation?

Thanks.

cookster, I can help you out on this one... I'm currently deployed in Iraq so I could not make a conventional interview. The admissions office was incredibly helpful and we arranged to do a skype interview. I would think they would give you the same opportunity if they are convinced you have no way to make it to an interview site.

Hi All!
Do I need to send Haas originals of transcripts if I got invitation for the interview? Due to vulcan eruption, most of airroutes between EU (i'm from Europe) and US are closed, except few cross-polar routes.
DHL warns me that they have no idea when the shipment will be in US...

Question: I'm a R4 applicant who will be spending most of May in a small west African village for a project. I'm afraid that if I get invited to interview after I leave the US, I may not be able to schedule an in-person interview since my ability to travel will be limited and there will likely be no alums in the region. What would my options be in such situation?

Answer: A fellow forum poster has already addressed this, but I wanted to confirm that if there is no way for you to physically meet with a member of the Haas interview team, the Admissions Committee will work with you to coordinate other arrangements.

Question: Do I need to send Haas originals of transcripts if I got invitation for the interview? Due to vulcan eruption, most of airroutes between EU (i'm from Europe) and US are closed, except few cross-polar routes.

Answer: Yes, you do need to send your official transcript to the Haas Admissions Committee, but they understand the current constraints with air mail. My suggestion for you would be to send your official transcript as soon as possible, and then send a follow-up email to the Admissions team letting them know of the situation (and possible delay).

For those of you fortunate enough to receive an invite for an interview, was the status in your account updated from "Application Under Review"? Thanks.

My application status now says "Invited to interview."

The same: invited to interview.