{"id":35229,"date":"2016-12-05T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/hey-america-heres-a-quick-intro-to-canadian-mba-programs\/"},"modified":"2016-12-05T07:00:32","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T14:00:32","slug":"hey-america-heres-a-quick-intro-to-canadian-mba-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/hey-america-heres-a-quick-intro-to-canadian-mba-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey America, Here\u2019s A Quick Intro To Canadian MBA Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/admissionado.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/canadian_mba_blog_post.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21248\" src=\"https:\/\/admissionado.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/canadian_mba_blog_post.jpg\" alt=\"Toronoto Skyline\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Hey America\u2026 sorry to bother you; it\u2019s me\u2026 Canada, remember\u2026 your fun-loving friend up north.<\/p>\n<p>Heard you just wrote\u00a0your GMAT, checked the news and are looking for a place to chill. Well, we just made it easier for you as an International Student. Don\u2019t just take my word, check out a recent article from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianbusiness.com\/economy\/canada-has-overhauled-its-immigration-process-for-international-students\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian Business Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/report-on-business\/economy\/ottawa-to-make-it-easier-for-some-businesses-to-import-foreign-talent\/article32622768\/\" target=\"_blank\">Global Skills Strategy<\/a> is tailor made for you, post MBA, to land a prestigious job at a consulting firm, bank or a prominent multinational (if you\u2019re old-school) as long as you make the grade. Or better yet, snag a job at a hot tech company in one of Canada\u2019s Silicon Valleys. We all know about the over-used term Tech-Unicorn\u2026 but up here we call them \u201cNarwhals\u201d. Not \u201cBeaver s\u201d or \u201cBeliebers\u201d- if you can believe it.<\/p>\n<p>Narwhals are real-life whales with a long spiral-grooved tusk projecting from their mouths. They\u2019re said to have inspired belief in the \u201cmythological Unicorn\u201d. Because we\u2019re friendly, and like camaraderie, we even started a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/narwhal-club-1-billion-dollar-canadian-tech-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Narwhal Club<\/a>\u201d. There are lots of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monster.ca\/career-advice\/article\/canada-hottest-tech-companies-ca\" target=\"_blank\">attractive baby Narwhals<\/a> growing up here too.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry about great, famous places like home or the UK cramping your style. The drill is the same up here. To get admitted to\u00a0Canadian\u00a0MBA programs you need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a solid GMAT &amp; GPA.<\/li>\n<li>quality work experience.<\/li>\n<li>a little somethin\u2019-somethin\u2019 that makes you special.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have a number of appealing options for you to consider (the usual global rock stars are always waiting; right?):<\/p>\n<h3>Rotman-U of T in downtown Toronto (\u201cThe 6ix\u201d):<\/h3>\n<p>Think Columbia, strong on research, ratings, city lifestyle, but with a great view of the CN tower. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotman.utoronto.ca\/Degrees\/MastersPrograms\/MBAPrograms\/FullTimeMBA\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Ivey-Western in London:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cForest City\u201d: Think \u201cHarvard north\u201d since @1922, case method, strong alumni support. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivey.uwo.ca\/mba\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Desautels-McGill in Montreal<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cCity of Saints\u201d &amp; \u201cSin City\u201d RIP Leonard Cohen!: Think international reputation, Mintzberg &amp; European \u201cFrancophone flavour\u201d.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/desautels\/programs\/mba-programs\/mba\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Smith-Queen\u2019s in Kingston<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cLimestone City\u201d Tragically Hip\u201d: Think top-notch global quality small-town charm, Cornell EMBA connection. <a href=\"https:\/\/smith.queensu.ca\/mba_programs\/mba\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Schulich-York in uptown Toronto<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe Megacity\u201d: Think NYU-Stern in an uptown TO suburb, Kellogg EMBA connection. <a href=\"https:\/\/schulich.yorku.ca\/programs\/mba\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>UBC-Sauder in Vancouver<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Gastown\u201d or \u201cVansterdam\u201d: Think west coast ocean vibe, research intensive, cosmopolitan. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sauder.ubc.ca\/mba\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Lazaridis-WLU in Waterloo<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe Loo\u201d: Think small-town, Tuck spirit, teaching and tech *full disclosure (MBA 98\u2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlu.ca\/lazaridis-school-of-business-and-economics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not to take anything away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianbusiness.com\/lists-and-rankings\/best-mba-programs\/2017-top-10-ranking\/image\/2\/\">the rankings game<\/a>, but it\u2019s like that special tapas\/taco spot nobody\u2019s heard of yet\u2026 do you really need it to get a Michelin star so you can wait forever in line, pay a lot of dough just to be fulfilled? Oh, and who can deny the premium taste of handcrafted cocktails with seafoam, smoke and cultured pearls, all yours for only $100 a pop.<\/p>\n<p>Top-drawer programs still teach the same seven essential MBA building blocks of strategy, finance, economics, accounting, marketing, OB and statistics, each tailored with a twist. Come on up to the north, we\u2019ve got the fire on and we\u2019re waiting for you to \u201ccall us on your cellphone\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey America\u2026 sorry to bother you; it\u2019s me\u2026 Canada, remember\u2026 your fun-loving friend up north. Heard you just wrote\u00a0your GMAT, checked the news and are looking for a place to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,817,775],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-admissionado","category-admission-consultants","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}