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Tips for Your 2020-2021 Berkeley Haas Essays
September 10, 2020
The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, has continued to identify questions that help the admissions team get to know the authentic you—and it is important to make sure that shines through in your essays. Although the second essay has been rephrased, it still asks you to assess your leadership style…
Haas Essay Hacks
July 31, 2019
New Haas essays for 2019-2020! And the continued opportunity to share how your path has shaped you. While Haas has changed its essays, you still have the same amount of words to tell your story. Haas has continued to identify questions that help to know the authentic you – and it is important to make…
How to Write the New Haas MBA Essays
August 22, 2018
It’s a new year for MBA admissions and there are updated Haas essays! And a new opportunity to share how your path has shaped you. While it may appear that Haas has reduced its word count, the addition of a new type of optional essay gives you an opportunity to tell a different part of…
The Four Guiding Principles of Berkeley-Haas
June 19, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It’s a new year for MBA admissions and there are new Haas essays! This time, you have fewer words (only 800) than last year to tell your story. The first thing you have to remember is be neat and tidy. More importantly though is your need to demonstrate how you embrace the four…
These 4 Important Principles are Critical When Writing the Berkeley-Haas Essay
August 20, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Understand the four key principles UC Berkeley-Haas looks for in the essays of MBA applicants. Berkeley-Haas has a very close-knit, student-driven and collaborative culture. The school values innovative leaders who embody the four key principles: Question the Status Quo, Confidence without Attitude, Student Always and Beyond Yourself. While you want to keep these…