<p>Hey all, I was just hoping to get some feedback from this community as to what my chances of transferring to UCB are.</p>
<p>So I am currently a California resident attending classes at a community college, I currently have a 4.0 but I expect it may go down to a 3.8 for reasons beyond my control. Before attending community college I spent 4 years on active duty with the US Marine Corps working in logistics, I basically handled all of the accounting, planning, transporting, and physical labor involved with ammunition. I only have 3 extra curriculars, I volunteer as a math tutor at my school, I am involved with student government, and I also work part time as a teachers aid for math classes at my school, I currently live on my own so I dont have a lot of spare time.</p>
<p>I am majoring in business and I want to transfer to Haas at Berkeley, overall what do you guys think would help make me a stronger applicant?? How can I connect my math tutoring to business?? What "FIT" is Haas looking for?? Any help would be appreciated!!!</p>
<p>I know what you mean, ive seen some other threads where people talk about starting up a business or running a website, etc. I just dont have the time lol But I feel that the quality of my EC’s make up for the lack of quantity, for example I was gonna talk about how ive helped over 60 fellow students understand math concepts and pass courses ranging from algebra to calculus, and when I was in the military the account I managed was worth over 4 million dollars (grunts use a lot of ammo).</p>
<p>Well I saw a lot of people rejected last year that did start their own company or were financially successful so I don’t think Haas admits people based on the best accomplishments. </p>
<p>With that said the 3 people I know personally who transferred–one of whom was a vet–all were involved heavily with school and had plenty of ECs. Being a tutor is good and one of the people who got in last year as a tutor too, but he also had many more ECs then that. So I think you really need more ECs. </p>
<p>To rephrase myself I believe showing well-roundness from ECs is incredibly important in the admission process and it is difficult to do that from only 3. </p>
<p>FYI being military also gives you an advantage. </p>
<p>If you mean the VA at my CC then I already have, they’re ok i guess lol their counselor went to cal so she is super elitist, like " yeah you can apply but just expect to go somewhere else" so they aren’t much help beyond just processing admin stuff.</p>
<p>Mike, just to clarify: contact the VA office at Berkeley </p>
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<p>You should do well but you need to get the ball rolling at the VA office.</p>
<p>Despite having an impressive GPA, you need well-rounded extracurriculars to stand a chance. I’m not saying you don’t currently, but adding more to your application will help you. A friend of mine is a traditional student at Cal (not a transfer) who’s in Haas. He told me that a high GPA will not admit you alone to Haas, it’s really the extracurriculars and essays that they look at to see if you "fit’ the school’s environment. </p>
<p>Also, do you have any extracurriculars that are business-related? That would be a plus. </p>
<p>What kind of Ec’s would you recommend? Right now I am involved with the student government at my school and I hold the business senator position, thats really the only one business related. The tutoring keeps me pretty busy but I could definitely try and make more time for something if I new what direction to go in, I was thinking about volunteering for the big brother program and maybe joining the spanish club.</p>
<p>I dont think I will do more than that though, I want to avoid a laundry list and Im pretty sure they would know that I wouldnt be able to contribute a significant amount of time to 10 different clubs.</p>
<p>“I dont think I will do more than that though, I want to avoid a laundry list and Im pretty sure they would know that I wouldnt be able to contribute a significant amount of time to 10 different clubs.”</p>
<p>When it comes to ECs and UCs it is really more of a quantity v quality thing. </p>
<p>Tutoring and Student Govt are good ECs to have … but in all likelihood the majority of Haas Admits will have those two ECs and then then some. So those ECs are basically the bare minimum to even be considered.</p>
<p>In about 2 weeks when the transfer update opens up Haas will ask you to write one extra essay and resume. The resume is nothing more than a glorified EC list where you talk about all your ECs in even greater detail than on the UC app. According to Haas this makes up 15% of your application. </p>
<p>I mean I get what your saying, but im gonna talk with a TAP counselor to see what they recommend before I sign up for 10 different clubs. I could talk about a variety of things to fill up a laundry list anyways, Presidents honors, IRR, etc.</p>
<p>When I applied last year I had 2: work and honors program. i believe my lack of ECs was a huge factor in my rejection.
This year I have a more well-rounded list with work, honors, tutoring, volunteering, foreign lang club, dog training, etc. </p>
<p>To put it into context, I am applying to Stanford as well and their application is way more well-rounded. Common app only allows 10 ECs/Awards/Work/etc. Stanford specifically asks questions about intellectual vitality, favorite books or films, issue facing society, letter to roommate, etc. With Berkeley-Haas we get a resume with 25 damn ECs (5 categories with 5 in each) and the closest to intellectual vitality comes from choosing the “student always” prompt. So because of the lack of questions relating to personality and instead, in their place, is the resume and only 1 additional essay, I think ECs are vital in Haas admissions process. </p>
<p>On a side-note, there are also a few other issues with Haas admissions. Specifically that they give a lot of spots to international students (for the money and/or international presence). I feel that being a US citizen and a CA resident actually disadvantages me in this aspect. With your military status that may be a non-issue for you tho. </p>
<p>I seeeee thanks a lot for the info, i actually paid a visit to haas a while back and asked to see a template of their resume and they were not having it lol. Thanks for letting me know that there are 25 slots to fill, what were the categories? And youre saying you get to choose the essay prompt?</p>
<p>Yeah ive read that berkeley as a whole is in need of that out of state tuition money, Im hoping being hispanic and a first gen college student will help balance that out. Good luck with Stanford man, thats a better school anyways</p>
<p>1st section is filling in the courses and grades from assist.org.</p>
<p>2nd section is the essay which will be either:</p>
<p>“For Berkeley-Haas, there are four principles that, taken together, sharply define us relative to other business schools. As you reflect on these principles (Confidence without Attitude, Question the Status Quo, Students Always, Beyond Yourself) which one do you identify most with? Why?”</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>“For Berkeley-Haas, there are four principles that, taken together, sharply define us relative to other business schools. As you reflect on these principles (Confidence without Attitude, Question the Status Quo, Students Always, Beyond Yourself) which one would you say you need to work on or see as a potential area for personal growth and improvement? Why?”</p>
<p>3rd will be the resume which is the exact something as the UC EC section. The only difference is the description box has a higher character limit. </p>
<p>And ya man thanks for Stanford. After I got rejected last year I decided it was best to diversify so I’m going to apply to both Stanford and Yale. To be honest I think my Stanford application is a lot stronger than my Berkeley-Haas app. So I might have a better chance getting accepted there in spite of the lower transfer rate. </p>
<p>Ok so since Im not applying until next fall, I still have a few months to think of and participate in various activities to boost my application but so far this is what ill be able to put. Ive done most of this stuff already so its just the clubs and some volunteer work that i would have to do. I only put a few descriptions since i dont want people to copy my stuff lol, but does that look good in your opinion?</p>
<p>Educational prep programs-
Warrior scholar project
Transfer alliance program</p>
<p>Volunteer and community service-
Volunteer math tutor-
Big brother program
San Francisco beach cleaning</p>
<p>Awards and Honors-
President Honors
Ammo tech honor graduate- Attained the highest GPA out of 50 Marines attending Ammunition Technician School and graduated as the distinguished honor graduate.
Navy and Marine corps Achievement medal- Awarded for maintaining 100% accountability of over 750,000 pieces of ammunition and facilitating 38 training exercises in preparation for deployment.
Humanitarian service medal-Awarded for participating in a volunteer deployment in support of Japan during the 2011 9.0 earthquake.
Certificate of Commendation- Awarded for volunteering over 3000 hours as a Camp Fuji base Ambulance driver.</p>
<p>ExtraCurric-
Student government
Investing club
Spanish club
Business club</p>
<p>And yeah Stanford and Yale are pretty tough, so youre not gonna settle for any safety schools? I mean Davis is right around the corner. </p>
<p>Looks good man. Only improvements I see are: filling up the volunteer & community service section to the max obviously and diversifying the activities with a tech and a sport. </p>
<p>I got into fullerton for accounting so that’s my safety.
I went to UCI for a bit and the mid-tier UCs aren’t really for me. </p>
<p>Hi @MikeSauce. I wish I could be helpful, but a fellow vet (Army, 82nd Airborne Division) here looking to transfer into Haas @ UCB Fall of 16 as well.</p>
<p>Your stats are definitely more impressive than mine, though I hope to be in the neighborhood of 3.7ish for a GPA and am working on my ECs as well.</p>
<p>If I come across any good info for vets, I’ll be sure to shoot you a message.</p>
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