Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Q&A

Interviews for the second round applicants are still going on. We had another series of Saturday interviews. This time the interviewees were mainly from out of town. Many of the applicants planned to fly to the Bay Area for Saturday classes, while others planned to relocate if he or she is accepted into the program. Three of the applicants came in from Washington DC. All of them planned to relocate. It would be a hellish commute otherwise.

A number of the current EWMBA students were on hand to give tours of the Haas campus, introduce the prospective students to professors and answer any questions about the EWMBA program.

Some of the questions asked by the prospective students included:
"Are there any vegetarian restaurants?"
-Um, yes. Welcome to Berkeley.

"Can you explain the bidding system for classes?"
-They are for the elective classes. You need to get through the core classes first.

And the most popular question of the day,
"How much time do you spend on homework outside of class?"
-A lot.