S2E6 - A Conversation with Admissions, UC Berkeley Haas Accelerated Access

Today I spoke with Kay Dawson (she/her/hers). Kay is the Director of Operations for the Career Management Group with the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. In our chat, we discuss the various factors applicants and current students should be keeping in mind to best manage their career. We also cover the resources Haas provides its student and, most notably, those currently in deferral. To learn more about the Berkeley Haas Accelerated Access Program go to https://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/admissions/accelerated-access

In this episode we speak to Maria Fernanda Villar. She is the Americas Admissions Manager for the Masters in Management and MBA programs from IESE Business School in Spain. In the episode, we introduce our listener to Masters in Management (MiM) programs and dive into the benefits of an international business degree. For more information on IESE’s programs, check out their website: https://bit.ly/3wMnJKX

In the last episode before our midseason break, we speak with Eric Askins, Executive Director of Admissions for the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. In the episode, Eric gives tips to applicants of Haas’s Accelerated Access Program on how to approach the essay prompts and tailor their resumes as well as the benefits available to individuals in Accelerated Access. You can find more about the program here: https://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/admissions/accelerated-access Have a question about applications? Email [email protected] with 'The EarlyAdmit Podcast' in the subject line.

The second episode in our "Meet a Coach!" series. We introduce you to one of our coaches, Kamryn (Columbia Business School). We explore Kamryn's career goals (switching from consulting to entertainment and media) and tips on formulating applications. Have a question about applications? Email [email protected] with 'The EarlyAdmit Podcast' in the subject line.

Back in the summer, we sat down with Varun Ram (Stanford ’23) to talk about his unique journey to business school. Originally pre-med, Varun completed zero internships while in undergrad due to athletic commitments. In this episode we talk about a wide variety of topics including the value of an MS in Business vs an MBA, being a varsity athlete, pre-MBA internships, and the MBA pivot. Have a question about applications? Email [email protected] with 'The EarlyAdmit Podcast' in the subject line.

The first episode in our "Meet a Coach!" series. We introduce you to one of our coaches, Brandon (MIT Sloan). We dig into Brandon's past (switching from the pre-med track to business!) and tips for acing MIT's unique application. Have a question about applications? Email [email protected] with 'The EarlyAdmit Podcast' in the subject line.

In this episode, we have a conversation with Maria Pineda, a Senior Director of Admissions at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. We dive into tips on applying deferred from the perspective of the admissions team as well as highlight the Smith School's Deferred MBA admissions. To learn more about the program, check out https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/programs/full-time-mba/admissions#deferred-mba  Have a question about applications? Email [email protected] with 'The EarlyAdmit Podcast' in the subject line. 

In this first episode of season 2, Chad speaks with his co-founder and CEO of EarlyAdmit Devon Gethers. Chad and Devon talk about the pros and cons of applying toMBA programs via deferred admissions. Spoiler...there are not really any cons. Have a question about applications? Email [email protected] with 'The EarlyAdmit Podcast' in the subject line.  

Season 2 of The EarlyAdmit Podcast will be released on Wednesdays starting December 15th. Submit your questions for the "Ask EarlyAdmit" segment by emailing [email protected] with "The EarlyAdmit Podcast" in your subject line. Subscribe now.

For our Season 1 finale, we had a chat with one of our rockstar coaches—Austin Moore. Austin is Strategic Analyst at VMWare in Palo Alto and an admissions coach at EarlyAdmit. He recently graduated magna cum laude from the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he double-majored in Economics and Politics & Government and won the Norman Taylor Award for graduating with the highest GPA in the Economics department. During his time at Ohio Wesleyan, he interned across media, law, government, and investment banking at places like the California State Assembly, the Oprah Winfrey Network, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In a few years, he will be matriculating at Harvard Business School, where he’ll be pursuing his MBA.