Admissions Essays

To be considered for admission, an applicant must have successfully completed the following:

Listed below are the supplemental questions, short answer questions, required essays, and optional essays for the fall 2010 application.

If you have not provided a letter of recommendation from your current supervisor, please explain; otherwise, enter N/A.
List in order of importance all community & professional organizations and extracurricular activities in which you have been involved during or after university studies. Indicate the nature of the activity or organization, dates of involvement, offices held, & average number of hours spent per month.
List full-time and part-time jobs held during undergraduate or graduate studies, indicating the employer, job title, employment dates, location, and the number of hours worked per week for each position held prior to the completion of your degree.
Please explain all gaps in your employment since earning your university degree.
Please identify the course(s) you have taken or intend to take to demonstrate quantitative proficiency. Provide the course name and institution. Beyond courses, please discuss other ways in which you have demonstrated strong quantitative abilities.
If you have ever been subject to academic discipline, placed on probation, suspended or required to withdraw from any college or university, please explain. If not, please enter N/A. (An affirmative response to this question does not automatically disqualify you from admission.)

What are you most passionate about? Why? (250-word maximum)
Tell us about your most significant accomplishment. (250-word maximum)
At Haas, we value innovation and creativity. Describe a time when you created positive change in a group or an organization. (250-word maximum)
What steps have you taken to learn about the Berkeley MBA program, and what factors have influenced your decision to apply? (250-word maximum)

Give us an example of a situation in which you displayed leadership. (500 word maximum)
What are your post-MBA short-term and long-term career goals? How do your professional experiences relate to these goals? How will an MBA from Berkeley help you achieve these specific career goals? (1000 word maximum)

(Optional) Please feel free to provide a statement concerning any information you would like to add to your application that you haven't addressed elsewhere. (500 word maximum)