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Berkeley, CA · Deadlines, verbatim essay prompts, class profile, employment outcomes, AI policy, and cost, in one place. Every figure below links to Haas's own page and carries the date we checked it.
R1 deadline
Sep 10, 2026
in 44 days
GMAT (Focus)
675
median
Class size
273
Class of 2027
Annual budget
$138,921
2026-27
| Round | Deadline | Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Sep 10, 2026 | in 44 days |
| Round 2 | Jan 7, 2027 | in 163 days |
Deadline times of day (and any later rounds) live on the official page; confirm there before you plan a submission day.
Haas's official deadlines page · Checked Jul 18, 2026
Our plain-English summary of Haas's own admissions materials, not the school's verbatim words. Read the source before you rely on it.
Haas scores against its four published Defining Leadership Principles: Question the Status Quo, Confidence Without Attitude, Students Always, and Beyond Yourself.
Haas's official admissions criteria · Checked Jul 18, 2026
Briefly introduce yourself, then tell us what makes you feel alive when you are doing it, and why? (Video, 1-2 minutes; two recording attempts allowed.)
What are your post-MBA career goals, and how will the resources at UC Berkeley Haas help you achieve them? How do you plan to remain adaptable as your career evolves?
We invite you to share aspects of your background, personal circumstances, or significant experiences that have meaningfully impacted who you are today and how you have reached this point. Please tell us how these experiences have influenced your perspectives, decisions, and aspirations, and how they contribute to the person you are becoming.
This section should only be used to convey relevant information not addressed elsewhere in your application. This may include explanation of employment gaps, academic aberrations, or supplemental coursework. You are encouraged to use bullet points where appropriate.
Wording is reproduced verbatim from Haas's official page or, where a component lives inside the login-gated application, from consistent reputable secondary sources. Prompts can shift mid-cycle; the source link is the record.
Haas's official essay page · Checked Jul 18, 2026
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Figures are the school's published statistics, labeled median or average exactly as the school reports them, never converted between tests.
| GPA | 3.67 (average, middle 80%: 3.4-3.91) |
| GMAT (Focus Edition, 205-805) | 675 (median, middle 80%: 637-725) |
| GMAT (classic, 200-800) | 730 (median, middle 80%: 669-767) |
| GRE Verbal | 161 (median, middle 80%: 155-167) |
| GRE Quant | 162 (median, middle 80%: 155-169) |
| Test policy | GMAT or GRE required (no minimum); EA not accepted; no waiver |
Haas's official class profile · Checked Jul 26, 2026
Profile page figures are canonical (final enrolled class); newsroom pieces carry pre-melt incoming counts that differ; international % was revised 42% to 44% after Oct 2025
Haas's official class profile · Checked Jul 26, 2026
Signing bonus published as average only, no median; ~15% joined startups, 7% founded businesses.
Haas's official employment data · Checked Jul 26, 2026
No formal written AI policy; admissions leadership publicly stresses authentic voice and warns that AI-polished responses hurt candidates (multiple review layers evaluate authenticity).
Berkeley Haas has no formal written AI policy. Admissions leadership stresses authentic voice and warns that AI-polished responses hurt candidates, with multiple layers of review evaluating authenticity. Moving the signature essay to video is itself part of that check.
Haas has published no AI policy on any page or application we track. · Checked Jul 18, 2026 · Full sourced reading
Haas's official 2026-27 cost of attendance is $138,921 for a single student, one academic year (tuition, fees, insurance, and living budget as published).
Federal Grad PLUS loans are gone and graduate borrowing is capped, so the two-year math matters more than it used to. Our free financing-gap calculator shows what federal loans still cover at Haas and the gap that is now yours to plan.
Haas's official cost page · Checked Jul 26, 2026
Haas's Round 1 deadline is Sep 10, 2026, and Round 2 is Jan 7, 2027. Confirm the exact time of day and any additional rounds on Haas's official deadlines page; we last checked these dates on Jul 18, 2026.
Haas publishes a median GMAT of 675 (middle 80%: 637-725) for its Class of 2027. GMAT or GRE required (no minimum); EA not accepted; no waiver. A published median is a snapshot of one admitted class, not a cutoff.
Haas's official published budget is $138,921 for the 2026-27 academic year (single student, one year). Most students should plan for two years plus year-two inflation; our free financing-gap calculator does that math with federal loan caps applied.
No formal written AI policy; admissions leadership publicly stresses authentic voice and warns that AI-polished responses hurt candidates (multiple review layers evaluate authenticity). Our full sourced reading of Haas's AI policy, with the official link, is on the Haas AI-policy page.
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