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Posted by Clear Admit on September 1, 2010, at 4:00 pm
~~ A CLEAR ADMIT EXCLUSIVE~~
The Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley is one of a handful of top MBA programs whose admissions team has a new leader beginning this season. In mid-August, Stephanie Fujii replaced outgoing Director of Admissions Peter Johnson, who had been with Haas for more than a decade.
Fujii generously made time to speak with us while getting the hang of her new role just as the first admissions round of the season heats up at Haas. Though newly minted Berkeley’s admissions director, Fujii is not new to admissions nor is she new to Haas. She has been a part of the Haas admissions team for the past five years, most recently as senior associate director. Before that she worked in the nonprofit sector in eldercare, after recieving an MBA of her own from Haas. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 30, 2010, at 3:00 am
For all those applicants who have recently opened a calendar to plot out the next few months only to realize they can’t possibly fit in campus visits on top of full time jobs and essay writing, never fear! It’s true that traveling to a school’s campus is the ideal way to learn about their MBA program, but visiting is often not a viable option for applicants who are located remotely or unsure of their level of interest in a given school. The good news is that business schools might very well come to them. Many b-schools are getting ready to hit the road and embark on worldwide tours to dispense information and recruit qualified applicants. Such events offer a great opportunity for interested students to meet with admissions staff (and sometimes with current students and/or alumni), learn about the program and ask specific questions.
Some of the top schools are already on the road, so we recommend looking into the travel schedules for programs of interest and planning accordingly. Keeping in mind that these schedules are updated and amended throughout the fall, here are some of the top programs’ itineraries for the months ahead: » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 24, 2010, at 4:00 pm
This week, we will launch our fall Admissions Director Q&A Series, featuring interviews with admissions directors at each of the top MBA programs around the globe. In these question-and-answer exchanges, directors tell us some of the things they are most excited about in the year to come and draw attention to aspects of their programs that not all applicants may know.
We also ask them to delve into the nitty-gritty of the application process itself. What, exactly, happens to your application from the moment you hit “submit” through to the moment you learn – fingers crossed! – you’ve been admitted? Admissions directors have seemed more than happy to walk us through this process, and we’ll share with you what we’ve learned. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 18, 2010, at 1:00 pm
According to a Columbia Business School (CBS) spokesperson, long-time admissions director Linda Meehan is retiring from her post this week. Meehan joined the CBS staff in 1993 and served as director of admissions through fall 2009, when CBS appointed Mary Miller as the school’s new admissions director as part of a move to combine admissions for the MBA and EMBA programs. Meehan stayed on for the past year, focusing more of her attention on alumni affairs, but she has now decided to retire.
The news comes on the heels of several other changes among the staff at top MBA programs around the country. At the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, veteran Admissions Director Rose Martinelli announced her own departure last month. She left to become assistant vice president of enrollment for the University of Chicago, and Kurt Ahlm from the admissions office has taken over as director of admissions and financial aid. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 17, 2010, at 3:00 pm
We are pleased to announce the release of the 2010-2011 Clear Admit MBA School Guides to Darden, INSEAD, Johnson, Kenan-Flagler, London Business School and Tepper! As previously announced in this space, also available are the updated versions of the Clear Admit MBA School Guides to Chicago Booth, Columbia, Fuqua, Haas, Harvard, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Ross, Stanford, Tuck, UCLA Anderson, Wharton and Yale, which were released earlier this summer.
All twenty of the 2010-2011 Clear Admit MBA School Guide titles feature the most current information from the programs, including the latest admissions guidelines, class demographics and placement statistics, and offer insight into year-over-year trends.
Applauded by admissions officers and applicants alike, the Clear Admit MBA School Guides are informative and detailed profiles of leading business schools that combine the views of faculty, students, alumni and the popular press. They are available electronically (in PDF format) to help you meet your tight time constraints.
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Posted by Clear Admit on August 16, 2010, at 1:00 pm
According to a recent article in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, the number of prospective candidates applying to MBA programs at 10 top U.S. business schools is down this year compared with 2009. Indeed, Bloomberg BW is declaring that the recent boom in MBA applications that went hand in hand with the economic crisis “appears to be over.”
Bloomberg BW surveyed 30 of the top U.S. MBA programs about application volume. Of those, 10 reported decreases in volume averaging 6.1 percent. Eleven reported increases averaging 10.2 percent, and nine schools declined to provide information. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 3, 2010, at 11:59 am
We are pleased to announce the release of the 2010-2011 Clear Admit School Guides to Fuqua, Haas, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Tuck, UCLA Anderson and Yale! As previously announced in this space, also available are the updated versions of the Clear Admit School Guides to Chicago Booth, Columbia, Harvard, Kellogg, Ross, Stanford and Wharton, which were released earlier this summer. All of the 2010-2011 titles feature the most current . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on August 2, 2010, at 3:00 am
Haas is sticking with its tried-and-true formula for its essays this admissions season, requiring applicants to respond to a series of prompts in just 250 words before exploring two further topics in more depth. The third of these short answer topics is a new addition for this year, focusing on how a candidate has demonstrated one of the school’s principles and replacing last year’s essay on creating an innovative change in an organization. The rest of the questions remain the same. Let’s take a closer look at each: » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 27, 2010, at 3:00 am
Welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday, our weekly examination of the programs, policies and resources that help to differentiate the leading business schools. This week we turn our attention to an opportunity for hands-on international development work offered by the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
The International Business Development (IBD) course is one of the most popular electives at Haas. Similar to the international consulting electives at Wharton and Tuck, the course sends small teams of students to consult at client sites around the world for three weeks each summer. The program is open only to first-year students, and the application process includes both essays and an interview.
Students selected for participation are assigned to project teams in January of . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 19, 2010, at 1:27 pm
In anticipation of the official release of its online application, Berkeley/Haas has released its updated essay topics. The written portion of the Haas application includes four short answer questions and two long essays. They are as follows:
Short Answer Questions
1. What are you most passionate about? Why? (250-word maximum)
2. Tell us about your most significant accomplishment. (250-word maximum)
3. At Haas, our distinctive culture is defined by four key principles — question the status quo; confidence without attitude; students always; and beyond yourself. Give an example of when you have demonstrated one of these principles. (250 words maximum, Review Berkeley-Haas’ Defining Principles)
4. There are many ways to learn about our program, what steps have you taken to learn about . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 19, 2010, at 1:00 pm
Last month, five leading U.S. business schools joined together to form the Business School Alliance for Healthcare Management (BSAHCM), an organization focused on fostering management education in the healthcare sector as part of an effort to improve healthcare overall.
Charter members of BSAHCM include Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Harvard Business School, the University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
“The Alliance aims to help the public understand the capacity of our institutions to bring about solutions to many of the management and leadership issues arising in the health sector on a global basis,” Fuqua’s Health Sector Management Director Kevin Schulman said in a statement announcing the organization’s . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 15, 2010, at 1:00 pm
Earlier this week we reported that Admissions Director Peter Johnson would be leaving the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley after more than a decade with the school. Yesterday we had an opportunity to speak with Johnson himself and learn more about what lies ahead for him and for Haas.
Johnson is headed to Europe, where he has accepted a position as vice president of student services at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest. “It is difficult to leave Berkeley because I have had an absolutely wonderful experience here,” he said, though he is excited about the broader responsibility he will have in his new role.
He also thinks his departure will provide valuable opportunities for others, he said. . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on July 13, 2010, at 8:06 am
Clear Admit has learned recently that Peter Johnson, who has worked in admission at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business for more than a decade, will be leaving his post as director of admissions. Johnson will move to Budapest, where he will serve as vice president of student services at Central European University. Stephanie Fujii, senior associate director of admissions, will fill Johnson shoes when he leaves.
We’ll speak with Johnson later this week about his upcoming move, why Fujii is the right person to take his place and what it all could mean for prospective applicants to the school. So . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Beat The GMAT on July 1, 2010, at 6:00 pm
Today’s Haas student profile comes from our friends at Beat The GMAT and Magoosh.com. This is the final installment of a 3-part series published exclusively for Clear Admit.
By: Hansoo Lee, co-founder of Magoosh.com
I had the great opportunity to speak with Scott Shapiro. Scott is currently a student in the fulltime MBA program at Haas. Scott is interning at Facebook during the summer of 2010.
In Part One of the interview, Scott talked about why he decided to pursue an MBA and his approach to studying for the GMAT, among other topics. In Part Two of the interview, Scott talked about his approach . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Beat The GMAT on June 23, 2010, at 6:00 pm
Today’s Haas student profile comes from our friends at Beat The GMAT and Magoosh.com. Part 1 of this interview published last week.
By Hansoo Lee, co-founder of Magoosh.com
I had the great opportunity to speak with Scott Shapiro. Scott is currently a student in the fulltime MBA program at Haas. Scott is interning at Facebook during the summer of 2010.
In Part One of the interview, Scott talked about why he decided to pursue an MBA and his approach to studying for the GMAT, among other topics.
In Part Two of the interview, Scott talks about his approach to essay writing and his experience as a Haas first-year.
The following are some notes from Part Two of the interview.
What was . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 22, 2010, at 1:00 pm
Through changes to the curriculum designed to emphasize creativity and experimentation, Dean Richard Lyons of the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley is hoping to attract a different population to the school, according to a recent Financial Times article.
“I am hopeful we can bring a different sort of person into the pool,” Lyons told the FT. Specifically, he wants to attract candidates to Haas who can act as innovative leaders to provide critical course corrections in addressing the issues of healthcare, energy, safe water, climate change and more, he said.
“What do we want? A person who can think outside, who says there has got to be a better way to do this and I am willing . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 16, 2010, at 1:00 pm
More than 77 percent of the class of 2010 at the University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business received full-time job offers by graduation, up from 74 percent of graduates at the same time last year, the school reported earlier this week.
Haas class of 2010 graduates have accepted offers at 80 different organizations in 13 countries, with a median base salary equal to last year’s — $110,000.
Companies in the technology and consulting sectors are this year’s primary employers, hiring 36 percent and 32 percent respectively of graduates who have accepted jobs. The energy sector, especially alternative energy and infrastructure, also represents an area of rapid growth, according to Abby Scott, director of MBA Career Services at Haas. Other sectors such as real . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on June 15, 2010, at 1:08 pm
The Berkeley / Haas deadlines for the 2010-2011 admissions season have been released. The four rounds are as follows:
Round 1
Deadline: October 13, 2010
Notification: January 13, 2011
Round 2
Deadline: December 2, 2010
Notification: March 3, 2011
Round 3
Deadline: January 20, 2011
Notification: April 21, 2011
Round 4
Deadline: March 16, 2011
Notification: May 26, 2011
For more information, visit the program’s . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 18, 2010, at 1:00 pm
The Center for Responsible Business at the Haas School at the University of California at Berkeley will expand its research efforts to include a focus on consumer packaging and waste processing thanks to two new gifts from companies in those industries, the school reported earlier this month.
The companies – Kimberly-Clark, which makes well-known consumer packaged goods brands such as Kleenex and Huggies, and Waste Management, Inc,, the country’s largest provider of waste, recycling and environmental services – have each agreed to contribute $100,000, renewable over three years, to the Sustainable Products and Solutions (SPS) Program at Haas’s Center for Responsible Business. The SPS Program was initially launched in 2007 with a multi-million-dollar commitment from the Dow Chemical Co. Foundation.
“These gifts will . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 6, 2010, at 1:00 pm
The Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley has reshaped its curriculum to better emphasize the school’s distinctive culture and help students develop into innovative leaders, Dean Rich Lyons announced earlier this week.
Beginning this fall, both the full-time MBA program and the evening and weekend MBA program will undergo curricular changes designed to teach students to drive growth within organizations by employing new ideas at every level and by doing so responsibly.
“We want to prepare leaders who define what’s next for our markets and our societies,” Lyons said in a statement. “This kind of path-bending leader is more critical than ever to our collective future because our world is on so many unsustainable paths, in areas such as . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on April 15, 2010, at 1:00 pm
Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) have once again tied for first in the 2011 U.S. News & World Report MBA rankings, released late yesterday. While the major players in the top 15 remain largely unchanged from previous years, there were some notable shifts up and down the ranks.
Stanford, for its part, showed a slight rebound. After a slip to number two last year, the Palo Alto school this year once again forced HBS to share the number one spot, as it had in 2009. MIT’s Sloan School of Management also gained some ground to come in at number three, advancing from the number five spot.
MIT Sloan displaced the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on March 1, 2010, at 1:00 pm
The Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley has planned an array of events in March and April designed to showcase women in business, including a conference, alumnae dinners and a retreat.
The first, on March 13th, is the school’s annual Women in Leadership Conference, now in its 14th year. Headliners for the conference include Kamala Harris, the district attorney of San Francisco; Cathie Lesjak, the CFO of Hewlett-Packard; and Leslie Blodgett, the CEO of Bare Escentuals. More than 400 women are expected to attend the day-long event, which will also include morning panels on a range of industries and afternoon panels and workshops on practical tactics, such as finding real estate opportunities and wading through organizational politics.
“The . . . → Continue Reading
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