<p>Hi, I will be a freshmen at berkeley next year and I was hoping to get into haas. </p>
<p>I was wondering how difficult/competitive it is for berkeley students to get into haas? Will I have to spend most of my weekends and free time studying? What does haas look for in potential students? and if I do not get into haas is it possible for me to still get into banking/business?</p>
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<p>Hi :)</p>
<p>You might want to browse this site: [Application</a> and Selection Calendar, Undergraduate Programs, Berkeley-Haas](<a href=“Application Process - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas”>Application Process - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas)</p>
<p>According to the class profile, the admittance rate for UC Berkeley students into Haas is a little less than 50%. However, that 50% does not include the people who did not even bother try applying because they didn’t think they could get in or because they decided not to go for Haas.</p>
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Uh, how you spend your weekends depends on your study habits. I’m a horrible procrastinator so I usually spend about every other weekend studying for UGBA. My friends, however, are more on top of things, so they have a lot more leisure time on the weekends.
Just know, that UGBA 10 is known for its curve. The students this semester seem to be performing better than those of previous semesters, so I definitely have to put in a lot more time studying to not fall behind. </p>
<p>Most of the other pre-reqs (Econ 1, 2 semesters of Calc, English R1A & R1B, Stats 20/21/25) are not that difficult. There are still curves in the classes and these tend to help your grade. For Stats, depending on which class you choose (20, 21, or 25), it may be easier/harder to get the grade you want.</p>
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Yes! You can take classes during the summer as part of the BASE program.
Or you can sign up for the HAAS classes during the fall/spring. However, enrollment priority is given to haas students. You’ll have to put yourself on the waitlist for the haas classes you want.</p>
<p>How would you say that the recruiting and reputation of haas is? Do major east coast banks recruit from haas? </p>
<p>Also, I was wondering how cut throat pre- haas students are? I know berkeley students have an unfortunate reputation as being very competitive and unfriendly to one another.</p>
<p>Surburbanwanabe, I posted a thread if you have any further questions (I got in)</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say that we were “cut throat”. Oftentimes it does come off like that, and some people ARE rude to others but for the most part, we are passionate and driven students who want to study business, but there are a lot of us. At least as far as I know, all of my friends who also got in are not like that. I would describe us as extremely driven and passionate about studying business.</p>
<p>Hey I was also wondering how much free time pre haas students have? Are they able to go out to parties, sports games, concerts etc? Or do they have to spend all their free time studying and doing work?</p>
<p>IMO, the recruiting reputation of Haas is great for finance, but you’ll have to work more if you want East Coast (Weekend trips, coffee/networking, killer story, etc.). Most of my friends were going for West Coast, but I have a buddy that wanted East Coast and landed CS S&T (I know a GS S&T too).</p>
<p>Virtually all banks recruit at Berkeley (GS, JP, MS, DB, CS, BAML, Citi, Wells, Barclays, UBS, other large/MM like Jefferies & RBC, and reputable boutiques like Houlihan, Centerview, PWP, Lazard, etc.), and I would say your efforts in networking are far more important than your major. Recruiters actually find it refreshing when they get different majors with different perspectives.</p>