UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
2 required essays, 2 optional for the 2026-27 cycle.
Deadlines
| Round | Date |
|---|---|
| Round 1 | September 10, 2026 |
| Round 2 | January 7, 2027 |
| Round 3 | April 1, 2027 |
Essays
Program supplement · 1-2 minutes video, may not exceed 2 minutes, two recording attempts · required
Required Essay 1 (video): Briefly introduce yourself, then tell us what makes you feel alive when you are doing it, and why?
Goals essay · 300 words maximum · required
Required Essay 2: 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?
Program supplement · 300 words maximum · optional
Distance Traveled (supplemental, optional): At Berkeley Haas, we consider 'distance traveled' as the contextual information that helps us understand the unique circumstances, challenges, or influences that have shaped your personal and professional journey. 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've 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.
Program supplement · 300 words maximum · optional
Optional Statement: 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, supplemental coursework, etc.
Page is labelled the Fall 2026-2027 application cycle. Deadlines fetched from mba.haas.berkeley.edu/admissions, labelled 2026-2027 Application Deadlines, three rounds only. Prompts match the prior cycle. No reapplicant essay is listed.
Checked against mba.haas.berkeley.edu/admissions/essays on September 9, 2026. Programs change their prompts between cycles; confirm on the program’s own page before you submit.
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- How many essays does UC Berkeley Haas School of Business require for 2026-27?
- 2 required and 2 optional, 4 in total. Every prompt is listed on this page word for word, with the length each one states.
- How long should the Haas essays be?
- 1-2 minutes video, may not exceed 2 minutes, two recording attempts. That is the length the program states on its own page, which this record was read from on September 9, 2026.
- When is the Haas 2026-27 deadline?
- Round 1: September 10, 2026. 2 other rounds are listed on this page.