Haas MBA Events - July 2024 | F1GMAT MBA Admissions Consulting, Essay Editing and Interview Prep

Haas School of Business

In July 2024, Berkeley Haas is hosting a total of 37 events aimed at engaging prospective MBA students, with 9 virtual sessions and 28 in-person meet-ups scheduled across various global locations. These events provide valuable insights into the Haas MBA program and its application process, catering to prospective students' diverse interests and inquiries.

In-Person Events

The month begins with several in-person Meet-Ups where Senior Associate Directors of Full-Time MBA Admission will be available for prospective students in Palo Alto on July 9, Irvine on July 10, and Los Angeles on July 11. These sessions offer direct interaction opportunities with admission representatives to learn about the Haas MBA experience.

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Virtual Events

Virtual sessions include the "Industry Spotlight: Healthcare" on July 9, featuring Kimberly MacPherson discussing the Haas Healthcare Management curriculum and career opportunities. On July 10, Kat Baird will host the "Industry Spotlight: Sustainability" session, focusing on sustainability initiatives at Haas.

MBA Tours – San Francisco, Los Angeles and Houston

Throughout July, additional events like MBA Tours in cities such as San Francisco on July 13, Los Angeles on July 14, and Houston on July 16 provide in-person opportunities to connect with admission representatives from top MBA programs.

Clear Admit Event

Virtual sessions such as "The Student Perspective" on July 12 and "Clear Admit: Essay Insight" on July 17 offer insights into the student experience and MBA application tips, respectively.

Meet Haas MBA Admissions Team in Seattle, Houston, and Boston

In-person meet-ups continue in various cities, including Seattle on July 12, Houston on July 15, and Boston on July 25, providing prospective students with direct access to Haas admission staff.

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Date	Event	Description	Type of Event	Registration Link
09-Jul-24	Meet-Up: Palo Alto	The prospective students can join the Senior Associate Director of Full-Time MBA Admission in this in-person event in Palo Alto, and ask their questions regarding the Haas MBA admission process.	In-Person	Register
09-Jul-24	Industry Spotlight: Healthcare	This virtual event will be an Industry-focused event where prospective students will join Kimberly MacPherson, Executive Director of Health Management at Haas. She will provide an overview of the Healthcare industry at Haas, along with the respective curriculum, career opportunities, an overview of the Haas MBA/MPH program, and the School of Public Health. She will also be joined by the current students with healthcare experience.	Virtual	Register
10-Jul-24	Meet-Up: Irvine	The prospective students can join the Senior Associate Director of Full-Time MBA Admission in this in-person event in Irvine, and ask their questions regarding the Haas MBA admission process.	In-Person	Register
10-Jul-24	Industry Spotlight: Sustainability	This virtual event will be an Industry-focused event where prospective students will join Kat Baird, Associate Director of Sustainability at Haas. She will provide an overview of the Sustainability at Haas, along with the respective curriculum, career opportunities, and extracurriculars.	In-Person	Register
11-Jul-24	Meet-Up: Los Angeles	The prospective students can join the Senior Associate Director of Full-Time MBA Admission in this in-person event in Los Angeles, and ask their questions regarding the Haas MBA admission process.	In-Person	Register
11-Jul-24	MBA Tour: Seattle	This in-person event is hosted by Top Business School in Seattle where prospective students can connect to admission representatives from Top MBA programs	In-Person	Register
12-Jul-24	Meet-Up: Seattle	The prospective students can join the Senior Associate Director of Full-Time MBA Admission in this in-person event in Seattle, and ask their questions regarding the Haas MBA admission process.	In-Person	Register
12-Jul-24	The Student Perspective	In this virtual session hosted by the Haas Students Ambassadors, prospective students will be walked through the Haas MBA experience which includes class experience career resources, and social events.	Virtual	Register
13-Jul-24	MBA Tour: San Francisco	This in-person event is hosted by Top Business School in San Francisco where prospective students can connect to admission representatives from Top MBA programs	In-Person	Register
14-Jul-24	MBA Tour: Los Angeles	This in-person event is hosted by Top Business School in Los Angeles where prospective students can connect to admission representatives from Top MBA programs	In-Person	Register
15-Jul-24	Meet-Up: Houston	The prospective students can join the Senior Associate Director of Full-Time MBA Admission in this in-person event in Houston, and ask their questions regarding the Haas MBA admission process.	In-Person	Register
15-Jul-24	Boston: Insight into Deferred Enrollment MBA Programs	This in-person event in Boston, US will be joined by several Top Business schools where students can meet with different admission representative and learn about their deferral programs.	In-Person	Register
16-Jul-24	Industry Spotlight: Entrepreneurship	This virtual event will be an Industry-focused event where prospective students will join Rhonda Shrader, Executive Director of Entrepreneurship at Haas. He will provide an overview of the Entrepreneurship at Haas, along with the respective curriculum, career opportunities, and extracurriculars. Participants will also get to interact with the recent grads who had already pursued entrepreneuship or VC from Haas MBA.	Virtual	Register
16-Jul-24	NYC: Insight into Deferred Enrollment MBA Programs	This in-person event in New York, US will be joined by several Top Business schools where students can meet with different admission representative and learn about their deferral programs.	In-Person	Register
16-Jul-24	MBA Tour: Houston	This in-person event is hosted by Top Business School in Houston where prospective students can connect to admission representatives from Top MBA programs	In-Person	Register
17-Jul-24	Full-time MBA Information Session: Why Haas?	In this virtual session, participants can get the overview and application process of the Berkeley Haas MBA program from the member of Admission team	Virtual	Register
17-Jul-24	Finance Meet-Up: New York City	Prospective students can join Bill Rindfuss, Executive Director of Strategic Programs for the Haas Finance Group in New York for a Finance Meet-Up. Participants can ask him about the Finance at Haas and the opportunities available for the students in Finance industry at Haas.	In-Person	Register
17-Jul-24	Clear Admit: Essay Insight	This virtual event will be hosted by Clear Admit which representatives of Top Business schools will join. In this session, students can get insights regarding the Top MBA Essays and the admission procedure. Participants can also ask their queries regarding the different MBA programs to their respective representatives.	Virtual	Register
17-Jul-24	Concurrent Degree Spotlight: MBA & Masters of Engineering	In this virtual event, students will join the Director of MBA/Meng program, current students, and alumni. This session will discuss the Haas Concurrent Degree, MBA, and Masters of Engineering.	Virtual	Register
17-Jul-24	Industry Spotlight: Consulting	This virtual event will be an Industry-focused event where prospective students will join Chris Gavin, Consulting Relationship Manager for the Career Management Group at Haas. He will provide an overview of the Consulting industry at Haas, along with the respective curriculum, career opportunities, Career Management Group, and the Haas Consulting Club.	Virtual	Register
17-Jul-24	Real Estate Happy Hour: NYC	In this in-person event at New York, students will join New York City Chapter of the Berkeley Real Estate Alumni Association (BREAA) to learn about the Haas top-ranked Real estate program. Students can also meet the real estate alumni in NYC.	In-Person
18-Jul-24	QS Study Business in the USA: New Delhi	Prospective students can join the QS Discover MBA in USA Tour in order to connect with the Ross MBA representative who will provide the overview and the application process for Ross MBA. This event will take place in New New Delhi, India.	In-Person	Register
19-Jul-24	Meet-Up: Oakland	The prospective students can join the Senior Associate Director of Full-Time MBA Admission in this in-person event in Oakland, and ask their questions regarding the Haas MBA admission process.	In-Person	Register
20-Jul-24	Meet-Up: Sacramento	The prospective students can join the Senior Associate Director of Full-Time MBA Admission in this in-person event in Sacramento, and ask their questions regarding the Haas MBA admission process.	In-Person	Register
20-Jul-24	Meet-Up: San Francisco	The prospective students can join the Senior Associate Director of Full-Time MBA Admission in this in-person event in San Francisco, and ask their questions regarding the Haas MBA admission process.	In-Person	Register
20-Jul-24	QS Study Business in the USA: Ahmedabad	Prospective students can join the QS Discover MBA in USA Tour in order to connect with the Ross MBA representative who will provide the overview and the application process for Ross MBA. This event will take place in New Ahmedabad, India.	In-Person	Register
22-Jul-24	The Student Perspective	In this virtual session hosted by the Haas Students Ambassadors, prospective students will be walked through the Haas MBA experience which includes class experience career resources, and social events.	Virtual	Register
23-Jul-24	Meet-Up: Oakland	The prospective students can join the Senior Associate Director of Full-Time MBA Admission in this in-person event in Oakland, and ask their questions regarding the Haas MBA admission process.	In-Person	Register
23-Jul-24	QS Study Business in the USA: Mumbai	Prospective students can join the QS Discover MBA in USA Tour in order to connect with the Ross MBA representative who will provide the overview and the application process for Ross MBA. This event will take place in New Mumbai, India.	In-Person	Register
24-Jul-24	Concurrent Degree Spotlight: MBA & Master of Climate Solutions	In this virtual event, students will join the Director of MBA/MCS program, current students, and alumni. This session will discuss the Haas MBA + Master of Climate Solutions (MCS) dual degree program,.	Virtual	Register
25-Jul-24	San Francisco: Insight into Deferred Enrollment MBA Programs	This in-person event in San Francisco, US will be joined by several Top Business schools where students can meet with different admission representatives and learn about their deferral programs.	In-Person	Register
25-Jul-24	MBA Tour: Boston	This in-person event is hosted by Top Business School in Boston where prospective students can connect to admission representatives from Top MBA programs	In-Person	Register
25-Jul-24	QS Study Business in the USA: Hyderabad	Prospective students can join the QS Discover MBA in USA Tour in order to connect with the Ross MBA representative who will provide the overview and the application process for Ross MBA. This event will take place in Hyderabad, India.	In-Person	Register
27-Jul-24	MBA Tour: New York City	This in-person event is hosted by Top Business School in New York where prospective students can connect to admission representatives from Top MBA programs	In-Person	Register
27-Jul-24	QS Study Business in the USA: Bangalore	Prospective students can join the QS Discover MBA in USA Tour in order to connect with the Ross MBA representative who will provide the overview and the application process for Ross MBA. This event will take place in Bangalore, India.	In-Person	Register
30-Jul-24	MBA Tour: Chicago	This in-person event is hosted by Top Business School in Chicago where prospective students can connect to admission representatives from Top MBA programs	In-Person	Register
30-Jul-24	Information Session: New York City	All the prospective students can join this in-person event in New York which will be hosted by the Haas alumni and the admission staff. Students can hear about the Haas MBA experience and the professional growth.	In-Person	Register

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Harvard MBA Essay Guide (20 Sample Essays)
Growth-Oriented Essay: Curiosity can be seen in many ways. Please share an example of how you have demonstrated curiosity and how that has influenced your growth. (up to 250 words)
Example #1: Persistence Narrative
Background Information: The applicant – a design and music talent, shares her journey through several setbacks. She attributes curiosity to her growth.
Curiosity: Philosophy
Curiosity (Explained): Curiosity as a philosophy is tough to translate into a narrative unless you are from the creative industry or your contributions had an influence on a solution or an initiative.
MBA Essay Strategy: I wanted to capture the humanity of the applicant and her influence in music instead of just highlighting how she overcame multiple roadblocks to gain attention as a designer.
Theme: Persistence
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – Life Starts at NO (Growth-Oriented HBS MBA Essay Example)
Example #2: International Community Building
Background Information: The applicant, a Machine Learning (ML) entrepreneur specializing in healthcare diagnostics, shares how his curiosity to learn other ML algorithms’ evolution in diagnosing Alzheimer’s, cancer, and heart disease transformed his platform into a global community.
MBA Essay Strategy: I wanted to show the applicant’s contributions in diagnostic from 2020 to 2024 by citing two events. Such examples build credibility instead of engagements that were recent. The evolution of the platform from an AI development community to a community for discussing the application of AI in diagnostics is captured through a ‘curiosity’ angle.
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – Growth through Collaboration (AI in Healthcare) (Growth-Oriented HBS MBA Essay Example)
Example #3: Culture
Background Information: The applicant, an Entrepreneur from India narrates his first entrepreneurial experience – facilitating exchange of stamps in the late 1990s.
Theme: Culture
MBA Essay Strategy: Instead of addressing the biases in the investor community that could turn preachy, I wanted to focus on the applicant and his entrepreneurial journey by citing two entrepreneurial experiences – a platform(club) for stamp collection and his Grocery delivery App.
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – The American Dream (Growth-Oriented HBS MBA Essay Example)
Example #4: Addiction
Background Information: The applicant – a beneficiary of the foster home system, captures the sacrifice his adopted grandparents made to save him from a path of addiction. Paying it back through early intervention among teenagers and community engagement is the curiosity narrative.
Theme: Addiction
MBA Essay Strategy: My strategy is to capture a gratitude narrative in the first one-third of the essay to demonstrate motivation for starting the venture and dedicate the latter part of the essay to the unique solution
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – Drug Addiction and Gaming (Growth-Oriented HBS MBA Essay Example)
Example #5: Scarcity
Background Information: The applicant, an education major, recognizes that 70% of all students in Kenya don’t have a computer. The curiosity that drives him to pivot from one solution to another is the growth narrative.
Theme: Innovation
MBA Essay Strategy: Often, innovation is captured with a ‘hero’ narrative where the applicant is the sole originator of an idea. I wanted to break that cliché and include a person from whom the applicant learned to use a concept called ‘scaffolding.’
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – Scarcity (Growth-Oriented HBS Essay Example)
Example #6: FinTech
Background Information: The applicant captures a vulnerable moment of a beneficiary to compare his journey of side hustle before a technology giant noticed his talent. Although cryptocurrency is not a flavor for the year, capture niches where innovation is still happening.
Theme: Education, Child Welfare
MBA Essay Strategy: Empathizing with a techno solution is tough without a strong backstory around the beneficiary. For the essay, I wanted to clearly establish the beneficiary – Rami, before the applicant narrates the similarities to his journey and finally shares the solution that emerged from his curiosity.
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – FinTech as a Tool for Good (Growth-Oriented HBS MBA Essay Example)
Example #7: Learning from the best
Background Information: The applicant – a Remote Engineer in the Oil and Gas industry, reflects on a value that has helped her learn from the best regardless of her geographical limitations.
Theme: Learning
MBA Essay Strategy: The effectiveness of the case-study method depends on the assumption that peers in a Harvard MBA class will help elevate your learning experience. For the essay, I have highlighted the applicant’s recognition of this value proposition with three examples.
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – Learning from the Best (Growth-Oriented HBS MBA Essay Example)
Example #8: Military & Search for IMPACT
Background Information: The most common narrative for US military applicants is to quote 9/11 and the reaction your immediate family had while watching the events unfold. The horrifying moment is captured as a motivation to join the Military. On digging deeper, most applicants would share that their motivations were diverse.
Theme: Career Choice
MBA Essay Strategy: I wanted to quickly highlight that the applicant had the choice of entering any industry. One achievement to demonstrate his curiosity that I shared in the first half is the invention of a game. Since the game is mentioned in the resume and verifiable through search, I didn’t quote the name. By clearly highlighting the person’s curiosity and career options, the family legacy is used as a factor in joining the military.
Read: Harvard MBA Curiosity Essay – Career Choice after a Military Career (Growth-Oriented HBS MBA Essay Example)

Leadership-Focused Essay: What experiences have shaped who you are, how you invest in others, and what kind of leader you want to become? (up to 250 words)
Example #9: Small Business Values
Background Information: The applicant - a second-generation Asian American, is familiar with the values of fiscal conservatism, building relationships, and understanding the daily struggles of the community through his family’s department store.
Theme: Customer-Centric
MBA Essay Strategy: The applicant’s role in developing an App for the store is highlighted in the essay at a crucial part of the narrative so that the essay is not all about his father. I have also humanized the journey – by sharing how upset the father was when the revenues fell by 40%. The essay is about the transformation in the applicant’s value from a person chasing productivity and optimization technique to someone who is truly thinking about the customers.
Read: Harvard MBA Leadership Essay – Small Business Values (Leadership-Focused HBS MBA Essay Example)
Example #10: Breaking Away from Family Business
Background Information: A unique challenge that applicants whose parents are public figures or CXOs of businesses or entrepreneurs are the pressure to live up to the parent’s standards or milestones. For the leadership narrative, the burden of legacy is established before the narrative addresses his leadership principles.
Theme: Authenticity
MBA Essay Strategy: For the essay, I want to capture an entrepreneur’s journey to rise above his entrepreneur father’s image. But I didn’t want to make the entire essay about this complex dynamics. The narrative is around the applicant’s focus on customers and surrounding with teams who keeps him grounded.
Read: Harvard MBA Leadership Essay – Breaking Away from Family Business(Leadership-Focused HBS MBA Essay Example)
Example #11: Creativity and Communication
Background Information: When the overall percentage of users with internet access is 62% in South Africa and the inequality accentuated by the rural and urban divide, the applicant endured the lack of digital infrastructure, and spending close to 22% of the family income on gaining relevant information on schools, global exams, and financial assistance.
Theme: Creativity, Communication
MBA Essay Strategy: The strategy is to share why the applicant values no distraction in a child’s home for optimum education experience. Then I highlight the many roadblocks the applicant’s non-profit faced in receiving fee waiver for their cooperative run ISP.
Read: Harvard MBA Leadership Essay – Non-Profit (Telecom) (Leadership-Focused HBS MBA Essay Example)
Example #12: Mental Health
Background Information: The applicant like most didn’t pay much attention to the mental health epidemic until tragedy hit home.
Theme: Communication, Innovation
MBA Essay Strategy: A question we frequently get from applicants is whether they should cite tragedy in the family as a motivation for a venture or a non-profit initiative. As long as you don’t linger too much on the tragedy and offer a balanced narrative, there are no restrictions on leveraging unique stories from your life.
Read: Harvard MBA Leadership Essay – Mental Health (Leadership-Focused HBS MBA Essay Example)
Example #13: Trauma, Healing & Finding Authentic Self
Background Information: The applicant narrates the absurdity of war in the narrative about the duties in Kabul, and the trauma. Instead of wallowing in on the horror, the applicant takes what makes military applicants strong and guides unprivileged children build life and leadership skills.
Theme: Resilience
MBA Essay Strategy: Capturing PTSD in an essay, the healing process, and the cues that helped the applicant are too sacred to be shared in a Harvard MBA application essay. However, with the right motivation and narrative arcs, you can capture the essence of your journey without sharing the darkest secrets. That is what I did by merging two stories – the horrors of the war with a non-profit engagement.
Read: Harvard MBA Leadership Essay – Military & PTSD (Leadership-Focused HBS MBA Essay Example)
Example #14: Addiction, Setback and Leadership Mantra
Background Information: In this narrative, the applicant captures Peru’s Silver mining boom of 2006. The growth experienced in her father’s business shifted the family’s economic status to a new stratosphere. Through the changing economic and family dynamics, the applicant finds her voice in a unique way, initially to record her unheard voice but later as one of the youngest subject matter experts in mining and commodities.
Theme: Failure
MBA Essay Strategy: For the essay, the strategy is to show how life’s unpredictability is a blessing. By narrating two setback events, the essay demonstrates the applicant’s resilience and her acknowledgment of people who made a comeback possible.
Read: Harvard MBA Leadership Essay – Addiction, Setback and Leadership Mantra (Leadership-Focused HBS MBA Essay Example)
Example #15: War, Immigration and Starting Over Again
Background Information: Despite a raging war in Syria, the family of the applicant was unblemished by the chaos. The strategic government assets near the applicant’s house would have made the region an easy target, but it was not. The calmness of her journey is shattered in one event. From the privileges of a cocooned life, the applicant is forced to think about survival, her sister’s future, and her future in the US. The second half of the narrative captures the change that was forced on her.
Theme: Gratitude, Resilience
MBA Essay Strategy: I consciously chose not to start the essay with a dialogue or trauma. Two lines are allocated to set up the narrative before the trauma event.
Read: Harvard MBA Leadership Essay – War, Immigration and Starting Over Again (Leadership-Focused HBS MBA Essay Example)
Harvard MBA Business-Minded Essay: Please reflect on how your experiences have influenced your career choices and aspirations and the impact you will have on the businesses, organizations, and communities you plan to serve. (up to 300 words)
Example #16: Creative or Finance
Background Information: The applicant starts the narrative with the origin of her talents. The unbridled enthusiasm receives a reality check when in high school, the applicant’s father has a conversation with her about academics. While the applicant picked up her quant skills, she was reaching over 50,000 loyal fans, and her videos captured 1 million views.
Theme: Passion, Talent
MBA Essay Strategy: Capturing vulnerability is the toughest part for Harvard MBA applicants. For this essay example, I have captured the applicant’s uncertainty about career choice throughout the essay. Here the goal is to show vulnerability in the career choice essay while for leadership and growth essay, I could capture one example each from creative and PE industry respectively to balance the narrative. So don’t follow this example without a strategy.
Read: Harvard MBA Business-Minded Essay – Creative or Finance (Business-Minded HBS MBA Essay Example)
Stanford MBA Essay Guide (24 Sample Essays)
Columbia MBA Essay Guide (21 Sample Essays)
Wharton MBA Essay Guide (15 Sample Essays)
INSEAD MBA Essay Guide (19 Sample Essays)
Darden MBA Essay Guide (21 Sample Essays)
Yale SOM MBA Essay Guide (15 Sample Essays)
Tuck MBA Essay Guide (15 Sample Essays)
Haas MBA Essay Guide (18 Sample Essays)
NYU Stern MBA Essay Guide (15 Sample Essays + 6 Examples - Visual Essay)
LBS MBA Essay Guide (6 Sample Essays)
MIT Sloan MBA Essay Guide (6 Sample Cover Letters + 3 Sample Video Statement Scripts + 3 Sample Optional Essays)
Kellogg MBA Essay Guide (11 Sample Essays)
Chicago Booth MBA Essay Guide (12 Sample Essays)
Ross MBA Essay Guide (31 Sample Essays)
Duke Fuqua MBA Essay Guide (10 Sample Essays + Two 25 Random Things Samples)
Cambridge MBA Essay Guide (12 Sample Essays)