Berkeley / Haas
Berkeley / Haas Essay Topics 2013-2014
Following up on this spring’s announcement of the application deadlines for the 2013-2014 admissions season, the Haas adcom has also released its 2013-2014 essay topics. Applicants this year must respond to four essay questions, down from five prompts last year. The required questions are as follows: Essay 1: If you could choose one... Read more »
UC Berkeley-Haas Graduates Enjoy Strong Employment Opportunities
Early employment data shows that MBA graduates from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley are landing top jobs and top salaries, the school reports. The firms hiring the most Haas graduates this year include McKinsey & Co., Google, JPMorgan, Kaiser and Amazon, and salaries... Read more »
UC Berkeley Haas Partners with MIT Sloan on Energy Efficiency Research Project
Researchers at the Haas School of Management at the University of California at Berkeley are teaming up with researchers at the MIT Sloan School of Management to take a closer look at energy-efficiency policies and regulations around the globe to determine whether they are realizing their full potential, the schools... Read more »
UC Berkeley’s Haas School Awards New Hansoo Lee Fellowships to Two MBA Students
The Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley has awarded two inaugural $5,000 prizes as part of the Hansoo Lee Fellowship for Entrepreneurs, a new fund established to honor entrepreneur and alumnus Hansoo Lee, MBA ’10, who died in March of lung cancer. Romi Elan and... Read more »
UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business Hires Two New Permanent Finance Professors
Two visiting finance professors have joined the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley as permanent faculty members, one from Kellogg and another from Chicago Booth, Haas announced last week. Professor Annette Vissing-Jørgensen, formerly a professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and Assistant ProfessorAdair... Read more »
UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business Welcomes Inaugural Executive MBA Class
Members of the first class of the Berkeley MBA for Executives Program will take in majestic views of San Francisco Bay tonight while enjoying dinner and hearing from a Nobel Laureate, all part of orientation for the new 19-month program, which began on Wednesday. Haas launched the new program after... Read more »
Berkeley / Haas Deadlines 2013-2014
The 2013-2014 Berkeley/Haas deadlines are now available online. This year, Haas offers three deadlines, which are as follows: Round 1 Deadline: October 16, 2013 Notification: January 15, 2014 Round 2 Deadline: January 8, 2014 Notification: March 26, 2014 Round 3 Deadline: March 12, 2014 Notification: May 15, 2014 For more information,... Read more »
Tell Us Tuesdays: Submit an MBA Interview Report from Berkeley / Haas, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU / Stern, or Dartmouth / Tuck and Win a $10 Amazon Gift Card!
Welcome to our weekly edition of Tell Us Tuesdays, where we highlight MBA interview reports that have recently been posted to our Interview Archive! Over the past week, applicants have sent us nearly three dozen new reports from schools such as MIT/Sloan and Berkeley/Haas . Thank you to everyone who has contributed information to... Read more »
UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business Spotlights Student Startups
An MBA student at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business made the case for why business school can be an ideal place for entrepreneurs to get startups off the ground as part of an article in Forbes this week. At the Haas School of Business at the University of California... Read more »
Berkeley / Haas MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 3 / Second-Year student / On-Campus
I was greeted by a 2nd year student to conduct my on-campus interview. The interview was blind, but the interviewer did have a copy of my resume which she had briefly read-over before beginning the interview. They started off by asking me to introduce myself and talk about my resume... Read more »
Admissions Director Q&A: Stephanie Fujii of the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley
Our 2014 interview with Stephanie Fujii, the director of admissions at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, is now available. Stephanie Fujii has been director of admissions at the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley since August 2010, ably filling the shoes of outgoing director... Read more »
Berkeley / Haas EWMBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 Evening & Weekend program / Adcom / On-campus
I interviewed for the EWMBA program at Haas Berkeley and following was my experience. The atmosphere was very good. Not too many people in the building possibly because it was around the finals week. The interview was application based. Interviewed with member of adcom. She was very friendly and put... Read more »
