IS THE HAAS SCHOOLS POLICY DISCRIMINATORY?
No. The Haas School, as a matter of University of California policy, is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of sex and gender. Furthermore, the Haas MBA application process does not even ask any applicant for either the Full-time or Evening MBA Programs about marital or parenthood status, nor it does collect this information on its enrolled students. However, anecdotally it is known that there are admitted and enrolled students who are mothers, both single and married, with children in both programs. The bottom line is that highly qualified individuals who also happen to be mothers have been and will continue to be admitted to the Haas MBA Programs. WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION TO THE MBA PROGRAMS AT HAAS? The admissions process for both the Full-Time and Evening MBA Programs screens applicants for academic aptitude, intellectual performance, professional experience, managerial potential, and maturity. A mix of quantitative and qualitative measures are used in the screen
