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Admissions Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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The essays for UC Berkeley's Haas School are extensive by design - given
the small size of the school, they want to filter out at every possible
s... READ MORE
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Alumni
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Admissions innvolved an extensive application that included several
essays on biographical information, career and educational objectives
and majo... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Admissions Process:
The admissions process was very organized compared to other programs to
which I was applying. The admissions staff actually re... READ MORE
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Current Student
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My perspective on the admission process at Haas is skewed because it
was the only school I applied to. Having visited the school, I was sure
that ... READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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Haas' 1st year curriculum is admittedly quantitative-centric which was a
shock to me (given my liberal arts background). THey do offer a
preparato... READ MORE
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Alumni
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The program is organized around class cohorts, with each enrolling class
constituting one cohort. The intention is for the cohort to go through
th... READ MORE
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Current Student
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The core courses are taught in seven week quarters. This leaves
students very little time to absorb what has been taught. The elective
courses a... READ MORE
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Current Student
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The workload is comparable to Wharton and Harvard (based on
conversations with friends) but students are not as driven as in other
top business sc... READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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Due to the geographic location and the fact that Haas is a public school where students are not coddled with exorbitant endowment resources, the stude... READ MORE
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Alumni
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The evening program is generally populated with students who are employed. On-campus recruiting is oriented more for the day program, and so few eveni... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Careers
Prospects:
The prospects were very good when I was looking for internships. Campus recruiting:
Useful depending on your interests. There w... READ MORE
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Current Student
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I, again, am giving a skewed response since I received a summer internship offer from my top choice employer by early February through on-campus recru... READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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The building itself contributes a lot to daily life at Haas: it is new
and designed to foster a sense of community and accessibility and
interacti... READ MORE
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Alumni
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As a full-time employed student, I did not take advantage of the school
housing.
Most of my and other business school students time is spent in t... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Quality of life
The quality of life is good. Given the state of the economy in the bay
area it is not as difficult to find housing as it once was.... READ MORE
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Current Student
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There is no on-campus housing, which I preferred since I didn't want to
live in a dorm again and return to the world of residential education.
Fro... READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
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Alumni
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Berkeley is fantastic for restaurants and the student body puts together
a myriad of Bars of the Weeks, Friday evening "Consumption Functions"
and... READ MORE
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Alumni
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SWhile social life in the day MBA program is organized and very active,
evening MBAs were largely left to their own resources. Effort was
required... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Lots of student activities keep the students networking and interacting
with alums. Not enough social activity with other schools on campus.
The... READ MORE
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Current Student
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Haas is great for married/attached students who do not want to re-hash
their undergraduate days. I live in SF and make the daily commute,
either i... READ MORE
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