This post is marked as OLD. The advice provided is still sound; Haas cares a lot about career goals and that's not going to change. For a list of their current essay questions and a discussion of where they're at today, check out our UC-Berkeley Haas page here on the blahg.
Another from the archives (the January 2011 archives). Clearly EssaySnark is not the type who keeps the inbox at 0. This is the two-years-ago Haas career essay. For those of you for whom this year is your first attempt at the application game, you may be shocked to hear that just this one essay was…
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bulaohu says
I now realize that some of the language in my early drafts sounded like this essay. I remember the urge to use big (but real) words to describe my ambitions in hopes of impressing AdCom’s with my intelligence. Then I got some advice and toned it down. And I still have trouble expressing my ambitions in an essay the reads clearly.
The issue? I sometimes feel that if my goals statement is too specific I am limiting my potential. I might also be saying to the AdCom, “If I don’t end up achieving exactly what I am telling you now I will have lied and will have failed.” ES helped me understand that 1) AdCom’s know you can’t predict your life fully, 2) AdCom’s want people who can set clear and realistic goals because those people can (probably) evolve those goals in a well planned manner as they grown through the MBA program.
The MBA is a “transformational educational experience.” They expect you to change and grow.
essaysnark says
Couldn’t have said it better ourselves!