Berkeley / Haas
21 Days to Go: UC Berkeley Haas MBA Round 1 Deadline
Attention all applicants, the UC Berkeley Haas MBA Round 1 Deadline of September 28, 2016 is just three weeks away! Need help with your application? Clear Admit has all the news, resources, and advice to make sure your application is as strong as possible! Start with the UC Berkeley / Haas school profile... Read more »
MBA Admissions Mashup: Women in Business School and Joint Degrees
Every Wednesday, we share a round-up of the latest news from MBA admissions blogs at the top business schools. This week we’re taking a look at joint degrees, as well as featuring women in business (and b-school) and how programs are making strides at increasing female enrollment. Exciting news for... Read more »
Top #MBA Tweets of the Week: Applications
As we roll into September, which is chock full of admissions deadlines, this edition of Top #MBA Tweets of the Week rounds up posts about the 2016-2017 admissions season. Knowing that essays and apps can present quite a challenge, several programs offered help, including the Dean of Duke / Fuqua…... Read more »
Career Services Director Q&A: Julia Min Hwang of the Berkeley-Haas MBA Career Management Group
We are delighted to feature Julia Min Hwang of UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business in our series of Career Services Director Q&As. Hwang, assistant dean of the Berkeley MBA Career Management Group, has spent 10 years at Haas. Before taking over as assistant dean two years ago, she served... Read more »
Top #MBA Tweets of the Week: #Rio2016
This edition of Top #MBA Tweets of the Week goes for the gold with a round up of how the business school community is covering the 2016 Olympics in Rio. But first, we wanted to send a quick Olympian nod to b-school hopefuls: Many schools, including Oxford SBS, UMD /... Read more »
UC Berkeley / Haas Recommendation Questions 2016-2017
The online MBA application for the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business is live for the 2016-2017 admissions season. This means that the Haas MBA recommendation questions are now available for Class of 2019 applicants and their recommenders. The form begins by asking for recommenders’ contact information and whether they have... Read more »
Fridays from the Frontline: How to Know When You’re Ready for an MBA
Knowing whether now is the right time for an MBA depends on a host of variables that are unique to each individual trying to make the decision. We were struck by a recent post on the MBA blog for the UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business that gets at a few of... Read more »
John Hanke, Berkeley Haas MBA ’96: The Genius Behind Pokémon Go
Unless you’ve been living under a rock (and a very large and heavy rock at that) for the past few weeks, then you’ve probably heard of Pokémon Go. For those of you who do in fact live under a rock, Pokémon Go is the newest mobile game craze to sweep... Read more »
Top #MBA Tweets of the Week: #PokémonGo
The new mobile-based game, Pokémon Go, is taking the world by storm, as players walk or drive for miles to try and “catch ’em all;” in addition to joining in the fun, the MBA community considered the business impact of the new game, as we see in this week’s #Top... Read more »
6 Things That Make Being an MBA Dad the Best
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there, and especially to those who have decided to bite the bullet and tackle the MBA and fatherhood simultaneously. It can be done, albeit with some sacrifices, and students both male and female seem to be pairing parenthood with the rigors of... Read more »
Top #MBA Tweets of the Week: #LoveIsLove
We hereby dedicate this edition of Top #MBA Tweets of the Week to everyone affected by the devastating tragedy in Orlando. Diversity is a hallmark of business school, whether in creed, color, orientation–the list goes on. But within that diversity, there is unity and community. Together, we mourn the loss... Read more »
How These Haasies Landed Jobs at McKinsey, BCG, Apple, Facebook and Google
UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business hasn’t yet released employment statistics on its Class of 2016 graduates, which makes sense since barely a week has passed since they walked across the stage to collect their diplomas. Like most peer schools, Haas’s Career Management Group will share those details in the fall when they... Read more »
Berkeley / Haas MBA Essay Topic Analysis 2016-2017
Now that the Haas MBA essay topics have been announced for the 2016-2017 season, we wanted to offer our thoughts on how to approach each of these prompts for business school applicants targeting the UC Berkeley MBA Class of 2019. Haas MBA applicants will respond to three required essays totaling 1,000... Read more »
UC Berkeley Haas MBA Deadlines 2016-2017
Following up on the release of their 2016-2017 MBA essay topics, the UC Berkeley admissions committee has recently announced the 2016-2017 Berkeley Haas MBA deadlines for the coming admissions season. The Haas admissions process operates in three rounds, with deadlines in September, January, and April. Berkeley Haas MBA deadlines for 2016-2017 Round... Read more »
Why McKinsey and Company Loves to Hire MBAs
When it comes to careers MBAs are likely to land, working for a management consulting firm like tops the list. McKinsey and Company is one such firm that conducts qualitative and quantitative analysis for companies around the world in order to evaluate management decisions across the public and private sectors. McKinsey... Read more »
