Undergraduate Program

Jeremy Smith is a junior transfer at Haas from Nashville, Tennessee. Having served in the US Navy for over 12 years, Jeremy is now a first generation student veteran at Berkeley, in addition to being a Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholar. He is…

Valerie Friedman is a junior transfer at Haas. Her areas of interest involve corporate social responsibility in the fashion industry, marketing, and social media strategy. Outside of class, she runs a full-time sustainable lingerie brand that she…

Michael Pratt is a senior transfer student at Haas. Passionate about the intersection of music, technology, and business, he deferred for a semester to work full-time for Apple. While he returned this Fall to continue pursuing his degree, he remains…

Tony Shi is a junior Business Administration transfer student from Stockton, CA, planning to graduate in Spring 2022. He was raised in Vancouver, Canada, where he helped found and operate a supply chain distribution startup. Although he left high…

What is your story? I grew up in LA. I came from a pretty low income, first-generation immigrant family. My family owned a salon. I was really integral to the process of them building their business from when I was about 8 or 9 years old.…

When did you know that you wanted to be a part of Haas? I’m a transfer student, and I wanted to be a part of Haas coming out of high school. Although I was not admitted into Berkeley at the time, I was motivated to become a part of this […]

What has your experience as a transfer student been like? My first semester as a junior transfer was really difficult. I honestly wanted to drop out because I really felt like I couldn’t do it. I was stressed out from my schedule (I didn’t plan…

Describe the moment you got into Haas. I was elated when I got into Berkeley Haas. There was nothing else that was more exciting (maybe besides getting married over this summer). It was such an important moment for me because It was based off of a…