Would starting/operating a successful (but small) business help on an application?

<p>Hey Laker, I was at Haas today for Cal day. Not all of that 1000 are tossed because of wrong classes/missing classes. A lot are rejected because they failed the background check (i.e. lying on application, exaggerating resume). Pretty amazing!</p>

<p>Source: Haas undergrad programs director.</p>