Does anybody have inside information on who gets to Undergrad Business after the Sophomore year…it mentions EC both on and off campus?
Does anybody have insights on the academic vs. ECs - or what type of applicants make it to the Haas program? Our son is interested in applying to Haas Undergrad. We are not worried about making the grades but want to make sure what type of ECs are expected etc. so that he can qualify after his sophomore year?
Also looking at their data it was around 40-50% for the last few years? Did it go down in 2018?
Also, what majors (know Economics is one) do students who do not make it to Haas Undergrad pursue?
Would appreciate a lot if current students or parents of current students in Undergrad Haas school can help us out. Thank you all.
Daughter graduated from Haas in May. The app spells out the weight, but it was something like 1/3 on grades, 1/3 on essays and 1/3 on ECs. Any EC will do. Show leadership, service and some business interests. You want to stand out in a good way. It’s pretty competitive. There is some Business Econ major that is a fall back in Letters and Science.
The obvious question to the OP is, is your son already at Berkeley?
No - he is not. He is planning to do business as an undergrad and hence, we want to know the chances before spending lot of time and energy to apply to UCB.
The normal way to get into Haas is as an undergrad at Berkeley - you apply for entrance before your junior year at Berkeley. From what I understand, about 30% of undergrads who apply get in.
You can also transfer in, but I’m not sure what the percentage of acceptances is. My recollection is that the vast majority of transfer applicants did not qualify and thus were disqualified before even being evaluated.
For transfer admits (generally from cc) to UCB Haas undergraduate business, the admit rate is 5%, 38% for eligible applicants. The average GPA is 3.87 vs. 3.68 for admits from UCB. Alternatively, your son can apply to UCLA with an intent on the Business Econ., which is an easier route than Haas (UCLA does not have an undergraduate business school)…
There are also costlier undergraduate business school options such as USC’s Marshall (private school tuition, but rated around the top 10 in the country) and the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business (out of state tuition, rated around 25 in the country). Like Haas and UCLA, Marshall and Foster are targeted schools for recruiting by many top employers.
Also, add to above, there are other top undergraduate programs outside the West Coast, such as Michigan, MIT, Cornel, Penn, NYU, etc. if your son is interested.
It starts with spelling Haas correctly.
UpMagic - good point…did spell it correctly…LOL!!
spelled it wrong —of all the places --Title?? you got to give me some break here – spelled it right other places? :))
UCBUSCalum - Thank you! Just wanted to get an idea of the % of students that get in to Haas Undergrad once you get in to UCB —he has to get into UCB first! Interestingly, UCB is cheaper than going to U of M as an OOS!