For those of you who have interviews, when are your interviews? Also, if I don’t get an interview request, is that a bad sign?
The interviews are held from this Monday to Wednesday. I just finished mine today, they just asked some generic auestions. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad sign, it might mean they might have already made a decision without the need to interview you.
@haascatbear alright, thanks! Also, when do you think UCs make their final decisions? Starting around this time? Or near April 22/29 (UCLA/Berkeley decision date)
how was it?? any tips!!?
After calling and talking to two different people, it seems getting an interview isn’t necessarily a bad or good sign. Both told me they are mostly for borderline applicants but that it could be for “'many reasons”. And they told me all 1900 applications have already been reviewed already. I’m assuming they must roughly have a sure admit pile, maybe (interview) pile, and a deny pile but who knows. So I’m assuming if we didn’t get an interview our fate has already been decided by now…
@GoHaasOrGoHome that is both exciting yet scary at the same time lol
I guess we just have to wait and see… I’m more anxious for my scholarship results than my admission results lmao
32 days…
Is there some sort of “admit day” for Cal? “Cal day” is the 22nd and I got an email from my TAP counselor that there’s some kind of three-day event where you sleep in a dorm and tour cal sometime before the 28th, but I haven’t seen anything about a special day for admitted students.
Isn’t there also a summer program if you get accepted to haas? @GoHaasOrGoHome, did you get an interview?
@ovodrakeovo yeah, there’s the Haas precore program it’s during summer session D at Berkeley, so July 3 to August 11th. And no, I didn’t get an interview. Not really sure what to think at this point…guess we just gotta wait it out
@GoHaasOrGoHome I saw your recent post and noticed that you had a 4.0. In that case, I think you are an automatic accept because you have experience/ECs correlated to business which is something Haas likes to see. Therefore, I think you have a really good chance, possibly 80%+. Unless, you haven’t fully completed all the major requirements. Anyways, if you get accepted to Haas, are you going to do the precore program?
For anyone who gets in, I’d highly recommend PreCore. You start fall semester off knowing 40+ of your transfer peers, you meet the admin and faculty, you take useful classes and will knock 6 UGBA units out of the way right off the bat (and likely get A’s in both), you’ll learn your way around Berkeley and Cal, etc. It is very important, useful, and practical … but isn’t necessarily cheap. It’s also nice because when you start recruiting, you’ll have a GPA from Cal and a pretty high one at that.
@briank82 Hey Brian, I’ve previously heard that the PreCore courses are a good “GPA booster,” as you said. But what, in particular, defines these courses as such? Are they considered relatively “easier” than courses Haas students take later on?
The previous two years there hasn’t been a curve. Everyone can get A’s if they put in the work. In a normal Haas course, the mean grade is required to be a B+, so every A basically needs to be offset by a B to maintain the curve. So there’s that. And they’re easier. One is more of a quantative course where you’re learning a bit about excel, finance, stats, etc. It’s not hard and is a refresher for most, but the professor is really cool.
The other class is essentially a condensed version of UGBA 100, or business communications. How to write memos, having a good resume and LinkedIn, impromptu/persuasive speeches, etc. It too was easy but the grading was really subjective. A lot of A’s and A-'s.
@ovodrakeovo I’m not sure, I think it’s really going to depend on how expensive the program is. Do you plan to?
@GoHaasOrGoHome Honestly, If i get in, that would be frikkin sick, but it will be a tough decision because let’s say I get into Cornell AEM, USC, UCLA, and Haas…I wouldn’t know where to pick. IF Haas was my only choice, I would definitely do the precore in order to become comfortable with the area and campus and meet new people. Therefore, I can start networking ASAP. Cal GPA like @briank82 said will look really good for internships especially if the classes are easy like he said.
For those of you that interviewed, did they notify you through the map@berkeley or through email?
email!
@mapd9899 what types of questions did they ask?