Welcome to your University of California, Berkeley – Haas School of Business MBA application course.
This is a step-by-step walkthrough for the Haas School of Business’s MBA application. It will take you through the core stages of the application process using detailed instructions, example essays, and insider tips.
Course Objectives
- Show your inclusive side while drafting the DEI and hardship essays
- Describe your work experience in Haas’ relatively long Employment essays
- Share clear goals in the short career goals essay
- Navigate the unique “What makes you feel alive” open-ended essay
- Refer to your BRAINSTORM GRID and example essays by successful previous applicants
- Prepare the 2 minute video essay, one of the longest videos of any school
- Submit an application to get admitted to Haas MBA
Pre-Requisites
Before starting this school course, you should complete the following courses:
School Strategy
Berkeley Haas asks applicants to answer a unique mix of essays and short answers that reflect its progressive values. Haas’s application focuses on its four guiding Leadership Principles, which you’ll need to refer to when you write your essays. Your recommender will also be asked a question about how you fit with these leadership principles. So, it’s a good idea to learn about them before you start your application. We’ll explore these next in School Culture.
Haas is also one of the few business schools that includes a mandatory Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion question in the application.
You will be asked to submit a video essay as part of your Haas application. The video essay gives you 20 seconds to prepare and up to 2 minutes to record your answer, and you have a maximum of 2 tries.