Letter of Recommendation

Berkeley Haas Recommendation Questions 2016-2017

By 22nd July 2016 February 3rd, 2018 No Comments

University of California, Berkeley – Haas School of Business

Full-time MBA program – LOR Prompts

We require two letters of recommendation and prefer that at least one come from a current employer. Select individuals with whom you have had considerable professional interaction, such as your supervisor or a major client. The title or status of those you select is not important. What does matter is how closely your letter writers have worked with you and whether they can attest to your value as an employee, your professional accomplishments, and your personal qualities and interpersonal skills in an organizational context.

For this reason, we strongly discourage academic references.

Letters of recommendation from co-workers, someone you have supervised, relatives, or personal and family friends are inappropriate and can be detrimental to the review of your application.

  1. Please provide a brief description of your interaction with the applicant and, if applicable, the applicant’s role in your organization.
  2. How does the applicant’s performance compare to that of other well-qualified individuals in similar roles? Please provide specific examples. (E.g. what are the applicant’s principal strengths?)
  3. Describe the most important piece of constructive feedback you have given the applicant. Please detail the circumstances and the applicant’s response.
  4. In the Berkeley MBA program, we develop leaders who embody our distinctive culture’s four key principles one of which is “confidence without attitude” or “confidence with humility.” Please comment on how the applicant reflects this Berkeley-Haas value.
  5. (Optional) Is there anything else we should know?

Please give us your appraisal of the applicant in terms of the traits listed below. Compare the applicant with others whom you know have applied to business school or with individuals who are being groomed for leadership positions within your organization. It should be extremely rare for any candidate to receive “truly exceptional” in all areas.

2015 RankSchool2014 Rank2012 Rank2010 Rank2008 Rank2006 Rank2004 Rank2002 Rank2000 Rank1998 Rank1996 Rank1994 Rank1992 Rank1990 Rank1988 Rank
1Harvard Business School82224533545332
2Chicago Booth3111122103832411
3Northwestern Kellogg75433112232111
4MIT Sloan149109796415910131115
5The Wharton School23342351111424
6Columbia Business School51397108776689814
7Stanford GSB445664411974759
8Duke Fuqua16689119571111121310
9UC Berkeley Haas19148108171318161319181917
10Michigan Ross98755686426576
11Yale SOM6212124192214192022N.A.N.A.N.A.19
12Virginia Darden2010111615121291151211147
13UCLA Anderson111817141214161212129161016
14Dartmouth Tuck1512141211101016101013663
15Emory Goizueta1822222323202228N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
16Cornell Johnson13713111371188181514165
17UNC Kenan-Flagler121716171716181519191810128
18Carnegie Mellon Tepper101115191615191414171417913
19Rice Jones253429N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
20Washington Foster37373127N.A.2324231717N.A.20N.A.N.A.
21Austin McCombs2319252120192117182017N.A.18N.A.
24NYU Stern2216181314131513131416151718
25USC Marshall21282625N.A.27172425N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
28Indiana Kelley16151915181820202115781512
31Notre Dame Mendoza2920242026N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
32SMU Cox32291218N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
33Maryland Smith1724422625282527N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
34Vanderbilt Owen30253730N.A.3028N.A.24N.A.19N.A.N.A.N.A.
53Purdue Krannert434141Second TierN.A.21262524N.A.20N.A.N.A.N.A.
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