How hard is it to get into Haas after sophomore year? Ive heard 50% of applicants are admitted. Is that true?
And I`ve also heard that its relatively easier for Indian students because the qsns asked in the entrance are calculus and statistics which indian students are strong in, is that true?
I have no clue what percentage are admitted, but I do know the entire Haas class admitted per year is ~300 students, which includes ~80-100 transfer students. Obviously, the percentage is quite low all around.
Entering students in 2015 at Haas looked like this:
Entering class size: 358
Continuing UC Berkeley Students: 274
Transfer Students: 84
Average GPA for continuing students: 3.68
Middle 80% for continuing students: 3.39-3.93
Didn’t answer your question per se, but hopefully gave a little perspective to the pie as a whole.
Haas admission stats can be found here:
http://haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/class_profile.html
For continuing Berkeley students, out of 616 applications received, 265 were admitted (43%).
I heard that once the new building is completed in the last quarter of 2016, the business school will increase the size of the students, which hopefully means, there will be more continuing students admitted onto the program. The current dean is really eying for an expansion of the student intake, both at the undergrad and MBA levels.
About 43% of applicants are admitted.
Indian students are definitely NOT favored. There is no entrance exam. You do have to take math classes and calculus skills will definitely help you get better grades and give you a higher chance of admission.
So what classes are compulsory to take to hope to get into Haas?
These need to be complete by the time one would enter the major:
60 semester units.
Two semesters of calculus (Math 1A/16A and 1B/16B; 5 on AP calculus BC can substitute for 1A/16A) or completion of a more advanced math course (Math 53 multivariable calculus or Math 54 linear algebra and differential equations).
One semester of statistics (Statistics 20 or 21).
Introductory economics (Economics 1 or 2, or 5 on both AP economics exams).
Introduction to business (Business 10).
Reading and composition (two courses, 4 on AP English fulfills first half, 5 on AP English literature fulfills both).
Foreign language requirement (second semester college, third year high school, 3 on AP exam, or other ways to fulfill).
I hope you have a clear idea of what you want to do when you get into Haas. Unless you want to do accounting or banking, an undergrad business degree is pretty useless unless you pair with a major that’s a little more technical.
What do you mean?
90% of students have a job within 3 months of graduation, dont see how thats useless
Jobs business majors get out of college tend to pay much lower than jobs in CS, engineering, and data. On top of that, Haas teaches you very few tangible skills during the time of your life when you could most benefit from attaining them. A business degree is always attainable after a few years in the work force. You will also face the stigma of being a business major while at Berkeley.