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Sample MBA Essays and School Specific Tips

Berkeley Haas MBA Embody Defining Principles Video Essay Example (Scaling SMB)

Anyone working in the Technology industry would attest that change is the only reality. 

A leader should have the foresight to accept that holding onto processes, technology, and strategy of a bygone era is a losing pursuit. 

Case studies of the 1980s and 90s have little relevance for the current generation, where with each iteration of technology or geopolitical development, iron-clad strategies have become fictitious narratives. 

Berkeley Haas MBA Goals Essay Example: Technology to Consulting

Haas MBA Career Goals Essay: What are your short-term and long-term career goals, and how will an MBA from Haas help you achieve those goals? (3-5 years short; a decade or more long-term goals) (300 words max)

Commentary from the Author on improving the believability of the goals essay for Berkeley Haas MBA, especially for applicants switching industries. In this case from Technology to Strategy Consulting.

Haas MBA What Makes you feel Alive Essay: Learning from Diverse Teams

Berkeley Haas MBA What Makes you feel Alive Essay Example: Pushing oneself until Failure and Learning from Diverse Teams

Theme: Entrepreneurial Thinking, Failure, Diversity

Berkeley Haas MBA DEI Essay Example - Inclusive Design

Required Haas MBA Essay #3: One of our goals at Berkeley Haas is to develop leaders who value diversity and to create an inclusive environment in which people from different ethnicities, genders, lived experiences, and national origins feel welcomed and supported. Describe any experience or exposure you have in the area of diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and belonging whether through community organizations, personal, or in the workplace?

Berkeley Haas MBA DEI Essay Example - Inclusive Venture Capital

Required Haas MBA Essay #3: One of our goals at Berkeley Haas is to develop leaders who value diversity and to create an inclusive environment in which people from different ethnicities, genders, lived experiences, and national origins feel welcomed and supported. Describe any experience or exposure you have in the area of diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and belonging whether through community organizations, personal, or in the workplace?

Haas MBA Video Essay Example - Embody Defining Principles (Courage)

Brands have remained neutral to society’s ill and the overreach of organizations, government, and powerful influencers. With social media putting pressure on leaders to follow the pulse of society, businesses have also embraced positions that would categorize them as a pro or against a position.

From a business perspective, this is a risk as any misconception about their position could have an immediate impact on their cash flow as customers demonstrate preferences with their pocket first before verbalizing their opinions in popular media.

Berkeley Haas MBA DEI Essay Example - Building Inclusive Teams

Required Haas MBA Essay #3: One of our goals at Berkeley Haas is to develop leaders who value diversity and to create an inclusive environment in which people from different ethnicities, genders, lived experiences, and national origins feel welcomed and supported. Describe any experience or exposure you have in the area of diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and belonging whether through community organizations, personal, or in the workplace?

Haas Embody Leadership Video Essay (Valuing Diverse Experience)

Berkeley Haas MBA Video Essay Question: The Berkeley MBA program develops leaders who embody our four Defining Leadership Principles. Briefly introduce yourself to the admissions committee, explain which Defining Leadership Principle resonates most with you, and tell us how you have exemplified the principle in your personal or professional life. 

Berkeley Haas MBA Goals Essay Example: Product Management to Venture Capital

Pre-MBA Employer: Facebook
Pre-MBA Title: Product Manager
Post-MBA Title: Associate
Post-MBA Employer: Venture Capital Firm

Foundational Knowledge: Because the candidate has extensive experience in Technology, the curriculum mentioned in the goals essay was customized to include foundational skills in Finance and Investments.

Failure as an Example in Haas MBA Embody Defining Principles Video Essay

Fast-moving consumer goods manufacturers like Unilever and P&G struggled to find a market in developing economies with traditional American and European-themed promotional strategies. Poking the aspirational class with the hope of a better future or the sparkling smile of the celebrity didn’t help the market share. On the verge of giving up the drive to enter rural markets that represent the lion’s share in developing economies, the executives called on ‘MBA’ consultants, many from reputed universities, for solutions.