@taylortohaas@williamyang@jonathaanv Nice to see the thread is picking up some steam. Everyone so far seems like they have their grades & EC’s the same plus or minus a few points or activities. It’s the wait that’s killer.
@taylortohaas I also got a B in Calculus I, I don’t think it’ll be a deciding factor. In last years thread @briank82 said he got a B in it yet and he’s there now. The rest of your stats seem strong.
My biggest worry is that I will be 1 of the thousand applicants who is immediately rejected because of failing to meet the requirements even though I checked all the boxes.
@enpz45 Yeah, it’s crazy. I have seen in other threads where people were rejected for retaking courses, out of order courses and even missing courses. That is why before my sophomore year, I submitted my academic plans for remaining semesters to Sojourner Blair (director of admissions for Haas), and she verified that I would complete all prerequisites and the correct 6/7 breadths, in the correct order, for Haas acceptance. I even kept the verification email from her just in case!
If you followed assist.org with respect to required/articulated courses, and took them in the correct order for letter grades you should be good to go.
@taylortohaas thanks for the reiteration and clarification. What I meant was that a calculus grade, as a prerequisite & one of the more challenging courses, would hold more weight than a grade in music, for instance. This is my subjective reasoning, gathered from counselors & others. Of course, this is only from an academic standpoint. Berkeley’s holistic review encompasses a variety of other factors as well. Good job on your efforts in preparing for the haas app – it clearly shows.
@enpz45 did i overlook something? What prereq are you missing?!
By the way, if any of you know of other Haas applicants applying, don’t hesitate to tag them in this thread. If they don’t have a collegeconfidential account, encourage them to make an account and engage in discussions. Us applicants could all use some support during a nerve-racking time such as this.
@enpz45 I feel you on the “some disqualifying factor” thing. I guess it may just be nerves and the wait that’s making us overthink. I always asked questions to my TAP counselor and other people I work with to get peace of mind.
Anyone else receive responses from any of the other schools they applied to? I got accepted to SJSU already and I think that some other CSUs are going to start responding soon as well. I know UCs begin late March-early April. Berkeley is the farthest away 8-|
@taylortohaas my apologies, I didn’t see your post about my other thread. That was my initially planned schedule from a while ago. I decided to take trigonometry and english 1 honors during the previous summer so I could get my english 2 requirement, microeconomics, calc 1, managerial accounting, and another breadth done by fall. I took the calc placement test after taking trigonometry so I could skip precalculus. I checked with assist and verified that the macroeconomics + microeconomics combination covers their econ requirement. My CC operates under the semester system.
Hey! I wanted to get your guys’ opinion on my stats/likelihood of transferring to haas.
I am currently a freshman at a community college- I’m trying to transfer in one year!
My schedule and grades so far have been -
Summer 2016:
Intro to Business: A
Principles of Macroeconomics: A
Elementary Statistics: B
Fall 2016:
English- Critical Thinking Shap/Mean: A
Calc 1: A
Principles of Microeconomics: B
Business Marketing Professional Selling: A
Introduction to Philosophy: A
Spring 2017 (IP):
Social Psychology
Anthropology
Political Science
Film
History
Calc 2
Introduction to Chemistry
By the end of spring semester, all pre-reqs and breadth requirements will be completed. My current official GPA is 3.73, however, after the spring semester, my GPA will be 3.86. I worked very hard on the essays- so I feel confident about those. Regarding work experience, extracurriculars, and volunteering, I have had many internships since the starting of high-school, I’m a member of PTK and ABG, I volunteer at a couple of places, and have a tutoring job as well. During high school I had health conditions which affected my education which I touched upon in the additional comments section- however because I am transferring in one year, my GPA up till the end of fall semester is not as high as all of yours! If any of you have any feedback or advice- it would be much appreciated.
You are taking a LOT of classes spring, which will give Haas pause - esp. chemistry, a hard class. I’d dump chem. I just think you look possibly risky. (I guess it’s too late to drop.)
–> Is Business Marketing Professional Selling transferable?
@briank82@williamyang I grew up with my family owning a sandwich shop, I learned the roots of what a business is since a very young age. I started to understand economics and all aspects of business through a Mesquite Chicken Sandwich- my essays highlight how that experience I’ve held onto since I was 6 years old has subconsciously shaped me into a person who wants to enter the business world.
Regarding internships, when I started high school I took upon an internship at FRA Financial Group- in which I learned about financial aspects of business and directly shadowed the CEO. I had another internship at a start up called Gloopt- I was a digital marketing intern at this place and learned about using an online platform to attract customers. My last internship in high school was with RCA Records; I learned about graphic design and helped create marketing ideas for artists as well as directly communicating with clients and addressing/solving their issues.
I also participated in my high school’s business club in which I consistently performed well in the field of marketing management. Over the fall semester I worked with the CEO of Iron Systems and found out a little bit more about the management aspect of business.
In addition to this, I have had an auto-immune disease which I write about in my additional statement; it gives an insight onto how I fought it to make myself a person who can learn to put it behind myself in order to achieve my goals.
@Ohm888 I have a friend who transferred to Haas who specifically told me to take chemistry, apparently it looks very impressive to them- and so far it’s not too hard of a class! Also, I talk about my work load in one of my essays and how it’s a lot of classes at once; however, the work load I am taking right now prepares me for a school like UC Berkeley considering that UC Berkeley’s curriculum is much higher- a lot of CC students transfer to a UC and aren’t able to academically perform too well because they’re not used to having to do that much of work at once. Right now, I find my classes manageable; I took the harder classes in summer and fall, right now it’s more busy work than it is stressful work.
Also, yes! Business Marketing Professional Selling is a UC transferrable course.
Has anyone received a request or heard of someone receiving a request for an interview this year? Last year, it seemed like some students were randomly selected for it.
@enpz45 Yeah, I’ve been keeping my eyes peeled for the same notifications. I haven’t heard of anything yet. I don’t think that these interviews are requested randomly, though. On a different note, UCSB begins sending out decisions tomorrow.
There were so many answers on what it “might” have meant last year…but ya, UCSB right around the corner is nice. I TAG’d em so hopefully I find out tomorrow. Did you TAG UCSB?
