school info:: Berkeley Haas

[AquaGirl]

這是請教一位part-time MBA的校友的回覆！提供大家參考！

Q1. resources about consulting
Ans: In general, there are courses with an international focus, e.g. International Business, Global Market Strategy, etc. Being in Northern California, there are many students & alumni from China.

Haas has an international business seminar course that is basically a 2 week trip. They go to China almost every year, and in the trip you get to meet with lots of companies and establish contacts.

Q2. Haas is very "technology focus"?
Ans: Haas is known for being strong in entrepreneurship and sending people after graduation to work in the tech industry.

Q3. guess some specialties are The International Business Development, Haas@Work and Berkeley MBA Leadership Development Series. Anything else?
Ans: Entrepreneurship business plan competitions
Student self organized trips

Q4. Haas probably prefers to people who are...?
Ans: I believe Haas prides itself to having smart students that don't have a huge ego, yes. Haas is in NorCal, where people are more informal, relaxed, and into cultural/sports activities. This doesn't mean they don't work hard, but just more laid-back. They still value students that intend to change the world for the better when they graduate.

Q5. What does Haas attract to you the most?
My interests are in the tech industry and in entrepreneurship / product design. Haas was full of alumni, students, and courses dedicated to these areas.

[davidlee0222]

Thanks for sharing!
very competitive and energetic school
tons of students proud of themselves wearing "Berkeley" t-shirts
on-campus info session held by 2nd-yr students, strong initiative
school is strong at general management, consulting, tech, entrepreneurship
close access to tech
entrepreneurial environment at bay area

[AquaGirl]

嗯！我覺得傷咖上關於Berkeley的information不是很多！歡迎別人也多多貢獻^^

[mikelee]

確實沒有很多,期待更多人的補充

Bay area確實有創業的環境

[wayshawn]

補充一下Haas的資訊，但其實只是把2007年的舊文翻出來而已 XD

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=27483&p=190325&hilit=berkeley#p190325

這篇文章裡面提到的blog，給了我在申請上很多想法，不僅僅是在Haas這間而已。
昨天很幸運地有機會跟這個blog的主人直接interview，30~40分鐘的時間，卻是申請一路以來最棒的體驗。

如果interviewer能夠真正地展現出一個學校代表的特質，那Haas寫在官網上的confidence without attitude，真的不是假的。面試的校友背景很牛，但充份感受到她的down to earth & easy to be with.

Haas的essay題目多到讓人看了就想關起來，但相對地，可以理解學校很重視申請人的個人特質；這一點也充份反映在interview上，真正的想法比起那些擬好的講稿都還重要。

整個申請流程跑完，在一連串申請策略下的包裝後，最終有一個可以完全be true to myself的interview，真的覺得自己很幸運 ^^。

最後，分享一下校友在interview最後給我的建議，不管最終去了哪個學校，寫下三件在MBA一定要做的事，盡所有能力去完成它們，這樣，兩年的時間跟金錢才不會白花。祝每個人都可以順利找到自己真正想做的事