My interview was scheduled at 1:30pm on campus – for 30 minutes. I reached the Admissions Office 20 mins early and checked myself in. Having visited Berkeley several times (especially to eat delicious Indian food), I didnt have any trouble finding the school. The partking lot mentioned in the invitation email was the one where I parked my car – about 10 mins uphill walk from the school building. The interview started exactly at 1:30pm The interviewer was a lady from AdCom. She had my resum and mentioned that she hadn’t looked at my essays as yet. The interview was very straightforward as she asked just 2 questions. In the beginning of the interview she said that she will ask me just 2 questions – and I have 25 mins to answer those. Qs 1: Tell me something about yourself. (Walk thru your resume) Highlight one incident or thing from your academic, professional and personal life. Qs 2: What are your professional objectives? How does a Haas MBA fit in? Why do you want to do an MBA right now? The interview was over at 2pm exactly. The interviewer was quite friendly.
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Accepted
to
Chicago Booth
Round:
Round 2
Received via
portal
Standardized Test:
GRE
GPA:
2.9
GRE:
315
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career:
Other Industries
Juno Member:
Not yet
April 1, 2026 7:54pm ET
Accepted
to
London Business School
Round:
Round 2
Received via
email
April 1, 2026
Standardized Test:
GRE
GPA:
4.39/5.0
GRE:
319
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career:
Real Estate,
Other
Target Career:
Finance
Application Location:
Nigeria
Juno Member:
Not yet
April 1, 2026 6:01pm ET
Accepted
to
London Business School
Round:
Round 2
Received via
email
April 1, 2026
Standardized Test:
GRE
GRE:
331
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Application Location:
India
April 1, 2026 4:04pm ET
Accepted from Waitlist
to
Penn / Wharton
Round:
Round 2
Received via
portal
on
March 30, 2026
Standardized Test:
GMAT
GPA:
3.33
GMAT:
645
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Note:
R1 waitlist, accepted from WL R2.
Juno Member:
Not yet
April 1, 2026 3:50pm ET
Rejected
at
Stanford GSB
Round:
Round 2
Received via
portal
on
April 01, 2026
Standardized Test:
GRE
GPA:
3.63
GRE:
326
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career:
Consulting
Application Location:
United States
Note:
Never received an interview invite. Was very proud of the application I submitted, but it just wasn’t meant to be. Congrats to those that got in!