Application Information for Class of 2016 Application Deadlines Class of 2016 Round: Online application submitted by: Tests taken by: Decision posted/emailed by: One October 16, 2013 October 16, 2013 January 15, 2014 Two January 8, 2014 January 8, 2014 March 26, 2014 Three March 12, 2014 March 12, 2014 May 15, 2014 Essay Questions: 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 in the last three years when you overcame a failure. What specific insight from this experience has shaped your development? (250 word maximum) 4.) 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 4a. and 4b.) Supplemental Information 1.) If you have not provided a letter of recommendation from your current supervisor, please explain. If not applicable, enter N/A. 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. 2.) 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. Please explain all gaps in your employment since earning your university degree. 3.) 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 (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) (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) Prominent Current Students/Alumni Active on GMAT Club: Mrbucket - Class of 2015 Haas Social Media Updates Tweets BerkeleyHaas,465143484953788417,500 FB Updates BerkeleyHaas Dealing with a Ding - Webinar Recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=echqdCOW7cM Dealing with a Ding.pdf

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FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Haas Trivia Contest – Day 1 Answer

Congratulations to Ben R. who submitted the first correct response to our Day 1 Trivial Contest!

The correct experiential learning course is called Haas@Work, and for a list of companies that have been involved, you can visit the Haas@Work website: https://haasatwork.berkeley.edu/recent.html

4 more days and 4 more chances to win!

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I just received an interview invite from Pam Maestas. I was surprised as my application was in the review stage since about 1.5 months.

I have a question for those who have received an interview invite and are located in the US but not in California. I am in Chicago and when I tried to schedule an on-campus interview it says - "Sorry! There are no dates available for interviews within the next three weeks. Please revisit this link weekly to view new appointment slots."

What are my options? keep waiting? has anyone opted for an off-campus interview in the United States?

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I did my interview with an alum in Houston. I had already visited campus earlier this year, so I opted out of taking another flight. The alum I met with told me that he had been interviewing candidates here for years.

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Thank you for the prompt response! I think I will go ahead and schedule with an alumni here in Chicago! Any feedback on the interview questions? was it conversational? was he asking specific details about your application or was he asking more general questions?

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Just the normal ones that you would expect. The only one that caught me a little off guard was being asked to about why I would be better able to achieve my specific goals by getting an MBA versus continuing to work in my industry, being that I hope to eventually return.

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FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Haas Trivia Contest – Day 2

HAAS TRIVIA CONTEST – DAY 2: Cleantech to Market is an innovative experiential learning course that partners business school students with scientists and engineers. Give an example of one of the 2013 projects that will be presented at the 4th Annual Symposium on Friday, December 6th. Note: This event is open to the public if you’d like to attend!

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I'm getting the error message too. Must be their system...

Are you guys still getting the error message?

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Yes.

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FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Haas Trivia Contest – Day 3

HAAS TRIVIA CONTEST – DAY 3: The following photo features students from the Haas Sports Business Club from their trip in September. Name the two (2) cities, and two (2) of the companies they visited along this trek.

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I'm getting the error message too. Must be their system...

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I'm not getting an error message, but I never saw one to begin with.

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Hi everyone,

Does anybody still have the "Your application is ready for review..." Status Description?

Also, did anyone of the people called for interview have this status description when they were called for interview?

I am asking because my status says "Application Under Review" but the Status Description says that my application is ready for review so I'm not sure whether admissions already looked at my application... Does anyone have a thought on this? Thanks!!

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I'm getting the error message too. Must be their system...

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Try deleting your browser cookies.

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I'm getting the error message too. Must be their system...

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Try deleting your browser cookies.

The error message went away shortly after I last posted. Hopefully it went away for everyone!

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Are you guys still getting the error message?[/quote]

The error message went away shortly after I last posted. Hopefully it went away for everyone![/quote]

Hey, guys.
My error message also went away and my status changed to:

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.

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Any Indians waiting for an update?

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FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Haas Trivia Contest – Day 2 Answer

Congratulations to Katharine N. who was the first to submit a correct response and in her spare time found a way to write a digest of their project as well!

There were several correct answers to our Day 2 trivia question, for a complete list of answers, please visit the Cleantech To Market (C2M) project homepage (https://ei.haas.berkeley.edu/c2m/2013Projects.html). And remmeber, they’ve got their Symposium this weekened, which is open to the public, and an excellent way to learn more about Cleantech at Haas.

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FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Haas Trivia Contest – Day 3 Answer

Congratulations to Shadie N. who submitted the first correct response

The correct answer was that our students from the Haas Sports Business Club traveled north to Portland, Oregon and Eugene Oregon, visiting with Adidas, Columbia, Nike, and Wieden+Kennedy. You can learn more about what these students did and about the other amazing things our students are doing on our Haas Achieves Blog https://haasachieves.wordpress.com/

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FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Haas Trivia Contest – Day 4

Lean Launchpad is an innovative course in entrepreneurship that requires students “get out of the building” and talk to at least 12 customers every week to propose and test hypotheses. Which Haas faculty member conceived of Lean Launchpad AND what is one start-up that he founded?

Please read our contest rules and submission requirements in our previous post about the Haas Trivia Contest.

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FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Haas Trivia Contest – Day 5

Haas students are always pushing themselves to their limits and setting new records. In 2015 two Haas students are planning to drive a vehicle from Alaska to Argentina completely off the grid. What are the names of these 2 students and the name of their vehicle?

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FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Haas Trivia Contest – Day 4 Answer

Congratulations to Sandeep A. who submitted the first correct response. Lean Launchpad was first conceived by Professor Steve Blank who started 8 companies to date which include: E.piphany, Zilog, MIPS Computers, Convergent Technologies, Ardent, SuperMac, ESL, and Rocket Science Games.

To learn more about Professor Blank and other Haas faculty, visit our Faculty directory https://facultybio.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty-list/blank-steve