Rahul Sampat

Rahul Sampat

Rahul was Director of Admissions for the Berkeley MBA Programs for Working Professionals from 2015-2019. He hopes these blog posts provide you with useful insights into the Berkeley MBA experience and questions you may have about the MBA in general.

Posts by Rahul

Coast Guard veteran and Evening & Weekend MBA student Andrew Price

Diversity and Inclusion | 3 MIN READ

Six questions for U.S. Coast Guard veteran and Evening & Weekend MBA student Andrew Price

When most of us want adventure, we might visit a new city—or try a different kind of coffee. But when former Coast Guard Lieutenant Andrew Price ...
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Abhishek Sharma

Alumni | 2 MIN READ

Evening & Weekend MBA sense of community inspires grants for commuters

Abhishek Sharma spent hundreds of hours on Amtrak trains and in cars while earning his MBA, commuting to Berkeley Haas from his home in Sacramento.
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building blocks

Uncategorized | 5 MIN READ

Strategies for building product management skills

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Uncategorized | 7 MIN READ

Five skills every product manager needs—and why

On the road to developing the next new thing, product managers need to be able to communicate strategy, negotiate scope and trade-offs, excel at ...
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Applying | 3 MIN READ

Application tips and insights from Berkeley MBA admissions directors

What do admissions directors from top MBA programs want applicants to know? I thought it would be interesting to explore this question across all ...
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Uncategorized | 1 MIN READ

Helping Evening & Weekend MBA Students Achieve Career Growth

Brian Lee transitioned from a civilian career with the U.S. Navy to one in investment banking At Berkeley-Haas, we help students in our top-ranked ...
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Applying | 2 MIN READ

Evening & Weekend MBA Students Reap the Benefits of Commuting

For busy part-time students who want to continue their careers, a long commute can at first sound lethal to obtaining an MBA. But as many students of ...
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Entrepreneurship | 1 MIN READ

Evening and Weekend MBA Program Grad "Hones" Entrepreneurship

Succeeding in a part-time MBA program requires three things: a willingness to change your life, the ability to juggle competing demands, and the ...
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Berkeley MBA alum and product manager Promeet Mansata

Alumni | 2 MIN READ

Do I Need an MBA to Be a Product Manager, Part III

Meet Promeet Mansata, 2015 graduate of the Berkeley-Haas Evening & Weekend MBA Program. Upon graduating, he made a career change from ...
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