Schulich (York) Class of 2016 Calling all applicants!

Thank you I submitted my application on 5th Feb , Was interviewed on 22nd Feb and got the admit mail on 5th of march .

I was interviewed for Schulich's Fall 2014 1.5 weeks back (Applied in Round 2). Is the 2 week window from interview till decision announcement the usual duration?

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Hi,

Have you heard anything about the interview?

Hello Friend,

I am thinking of applying for Jan2015 Batch. I want to know whether scholarship is available in January batch too and that too for international students.
Is there any significant difference between these the batch that starts in September and that starts in January?

Hello VersatileSchulich,

I was suggested that, I put my profile over here ask for your advice. Though I have sent a PM to you, any help/advice form anybody is appreciated.


Nationality: Indian
Age: 28
Educational Qualification: B.E.in Electronics & Telecommunications
B.tech Score : CGPA 8.43/10
GMAT Score: 690 (IR : 6, Quantitative: 49, Verbal : 34)
Work Experience: 5 years, 3 months with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an Indian IT company
International experience : 15 months of onsite experience in Japan
Role: Module leader, where in I am leading a group of 5-6 persons
Domain : Engineering and Industrial services (EIS), where my client is a car one of the biggest car company.
Extra Curricular: Trekking. I have not involved in much of extra-curricular activities in the past, but plan on doing so in the immediate future
Social service : Taking part in blood donation drive, helping poor with collection of materials for them etc.


I want your advice on.

1) Admission Process at Schulich. I heard there are 2 batches? I tried to find various deadline but couldn't find one
2) How well known is this brand in Canada and US?
3) Keeping my IT background in mind can Schulich be best school for me. I want to proceed ahead in consulting, general management, program management etc. I haven't done my research yet and still in the process. But it will be good to hear about the school from an insider.
4) Please evaluate my profile and tell me can I get the scholarship in this school with this profile. I know, there are other factors as well. But with this profile, what are my chances.
5) How good is placement service?
6) Is scholarship available in Jan Batch as well for international candidates.


If possible, I would like to have a personal conversation with you via skype or whatever way you prefer. Is it possible?

Thanks in advance

Any update on Scholarship, guys? When will the scholarship decision be announced?
How are you guys planning on the expenses?

Hi deadlycat,

I am not solely relying on the CDC, its just that I am gauging what help can I get from the factors other than my own efforts. Once I am there, I will surely try to find out and network with the person behind the mask of deadlycat Who knows you might offer me a job position in your company.
BTW guys, do not get disheartened over the CDC. Schulich's CDC is making all out efforts to groom students to compete in the job market. Schulich has hired four executive coaches to mentor MBA students. Similar practice is followed across various US Schools and Rotman as well. Another Schulich student told me that the distance to downtown Toronto is the only disadvantage at Schulich.

CDC making an effort: True from what I can tell

Distance to downtown: Partly true, this is why Schulich has a campus (Nadal) in the heart of the financial district. Most of the students here works full time and attend class part time. If I was an international student and looking for a job, I would take as much courses there as I possibly could. The reason is not so that I can ask people for a job (people don't like being used like that), but to see how actual Canadian working professional act and think. There are definite cultural differences coming from over sea and it would really help your job search in Canada to observe a number of Canadian working professionals. People's personalities varies but there are definite common traits that powers success. Look to develop and acquire these skills and your job search will be fine

You are working full time and studying for MBA as well, but still you manage to pour in your highly useful perspective here. Heartfelt Kudos to you for taking time out of your schedule and replying to our queries.

Interviewed for Schulich on 13th March...interview lasted a total of 19 minutes instead of usual 30 minutes.
Interview went well.
GMAT 640
3 yr IT work ex
Good EC
Indian IT Male

Yesterday, I received an email from Schulich stating that I have been denied admission.
Feeling a bit sad.

Wow....keep your head up. Am sure something good will come out of this.

Cheers.

Got admission in MBA in India Program

Hi DeadlyCat!

Thanks a ton for all the info you've shared so far.

I'm from India and have applied to the Masters in Finance Program. I've been working 2yrs + in a bank in an administrative role. I do not have any experience in Financial Analysis, but really want to go for a finance specialization and thus have applied to Schulich, because after hours of research I've come to the conclusion
that Schulich is second to only Rotman in Canada for Finance.

Can you please share the employment prospects for the Masters in Finance students, specifically for a student from India? How good is the program considering its just 5 years old? Also, the site does not mention the actual class size apart from various mentions on the class strength being very small. An actual figure would really help.

Is is also true that since the MF program is one year the work permit allotted on the basis of this is also for just one year in comparison with the 3 year work permit given to M.B.A students?

Thanks again!

As of right now, you know far more about Schulich's Master of Finance program than I do, which is practically zero. I believe the work permit length correspond to the length of the program, so MF would be one year and MBA would be two (not 100% sure on this though, you should verify it through official sources). Telling immigration officers that "deadlycat from gmatclub forum said I could stay" won't work unfortunately.

If finance is really your thing, Rotman would probably be the better school to apply to. Rotman is finance focused and will better prepare you for a future in that field.

deadlycat, a question just came up my mind. With a GMAT score of 750, what made you attempt to tame the bull again? Was it that the earlier score had expired?

Even I was wondering this...but didn't asked.