Calling all Schulich (York) Fall Applicants: September 2016 Intake!!

Hi guys,

I have admitted to HEC Montreal and waiting for Schulich results.
I am a project manager with 11 years of experience and want an MBA in General Management.
I am comparing between Schulich and HEC. I understand that the Schulich has a better brand, location (Toronto) and 3 years WP.
On the other side HEC has short duration (1 year intensive MBA - 1 year WP - quickly go back to work), and fees (super low - 33k - 1/3 as that of Schulich) and very good quality education (spoke with alumni). The only downside is location (Montreal - i don't speak French)
I wonder if anyone of you considered HEC and chose Schulich over HEC ?

You could scroll up this thread. All answers are already there! If not, you will find further more in the last year's thread.

Hi guys,

I sumitted my application on 15th Jan and completed the vieo essays on 18th. I still haven't got any call for the interview. Moreover, the application status is still "submitted".

Any idea till when I can get a confirmation from Schulich ?

Thanks!!

Is the tuition fees stated in the website in CAD or USD.

Hi sghosal.

The fee structure is in USD.

Do u mean to say schulich is charging 89k USD for tuitions.

The fees are in CAD not USD!!!!

I had my interview in person this morning at Schulich.
Same general questions that everyone else was asked:

Tell me about yourself
Why MBA
Why Schulich
Difficulties faced at work
Qualities needed in a leader
What is needed to create a good team

I was told that I should hear back within a week.

Hope this helps for those of you who have yet to interview.

I remember the admission letter actually says that you can use that document for a study permit.
How do we apply for a work permit during the visa process?
Any idea guys ?

Great! Good luck for the final decision.

I request you, and all others who have been interviewed recently, to post your review about interview in our newly launched BSchool review system. Here is the link to post reviews https://gmatclub.com/reviews/select.php Choose 'Business Schools' from drop down menu.

I am in the same boat, just waiting "THE EMAIL"

I got into Schulich!
I received an email on Friday morning.

I got offer from Schulich.

Wow! can you please give me some pointers? what were the heaviest deciding factors? I am also applying to schulich and was wondering how I would fare.

Hi Enym,

If you see my profile, you will see my GMAT score is totally a disaster for any application. But still, i decided to apply for my 6 target colleges, one of it being Schulich.

However, i have not been notified on my strengths by Schulich but still on the basis of interviews and other discussion with ADCOMS, below are some bullet points which i think got me the offer and i am expecting scholarship too.

1) Very simple and straightforward essays - I did not play with words and kept the essay very simple. I wanted to tell my story to ADCOM and i feel i was successful in doing so. Remember, you do not need to be shakespeare to tell your story.

2) Mining Experience - I had specifically applied for global mining management specialisation and because i have 10 years of experience in mining with 5 years international experience, it worked for me. I am working for world number one steel producer and i can speak spanish, english and hindi. These were few positive points.

3) Communication skill - I had a brilliant video essay where i kept it normal and tried to be simple and straightforward mixing with humours and smiling all through video essay. In addition during my interview, the interview was in a very friendly manner. Again, i kept the same insticts, simple with humor. My answers, however were descritpive but in simple words, attracted the ADCOM.

4) Reason of low GMAT - I kept the reason for Low GMAT very clear in application and interview . My academics from college were good and my work nature proves that i have huge statsitical and verbal skill. This is why they believed my reason. I am into operation job which 24x7 demanding job and the ADCOM was aware of the responsibiltiies (They might have interacted same sort of people before, lucky me). I put it straightforward, the GMAt i have is what i can get raw. I have no time to prepare because of work nature.

Hope it helps.

Praveen

Thanks for such a detailed and quick answer! It might be very silly of me to ask you, but where do we need a video essay? I do not see it anywhere in the application process!

Also the questions such as "How will the Schulich MBA degree help you achieve your short and long-term career goals" are very generic, I know why I want to do an MBA, but do you think I should include why my Academic background is non-traditional?

Just to let you know, I have a very non-traditional academic background with my post secondary degrees mostly being long distance through self study.

Hi all,

I have submitted my application on Jan15th to be sure that I am in 1st round I submitted the video essays on 26th jan. Any insight on when can I expect an Interview call from the AdCom.?

Thanks all in advance