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09 Sep 2021, 01:03
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I am a recent Rotman Grad and would like to share my experience about the program.
A bit about myself: I did my undergraduate from IIT with a very high GMAT score and worked in multiple successful startups in India and SF. In my professional career had the privilege of working with some of the best minds and my expectation from the MBA program at Rotman was that I would be in a similar setting and boy was I disappointed.
My experience can be summed up in the next 4 points
1. The cohort was not really the best. It was like the school didn't even have any vetting process. They just took very average people from all around the world. On average, the calibre of the students would be comparable to Tier 3 colleges in India. The average GMAT is 670. And it seems like anyone who could pay $100K was taken in.
2. There is no GPA non-disclosure policy here, due to which people were focusing on studies rather than socializing - the point whole of an MBA was missing.
3. Also due to point no. 1, the professors give assignments and exams which are more focused on rote learning as compared to critical thinking since they know that students are not capable of the latter and will end up with bad grades, which is not ideal for the school. So most exams were about who can calculate things fast enough on their calculator and who can cram enough info in their brains.
4. I wanted to get into Tech and the career services team over here has no clue about Tech and Internet jobs. They don't even know how to vet a Tech CV and they do not have a single person in the team who is from the technology industry. Not a single big Tech company recruits from Rotman despite having offices in Toronto.
If you have similar background and aspirations as I did, I would highly recommend that you do not apply to the program or best, make this your last option. Unless you have $100K lying around.
What I am doing post MBA - I have returned to India and started up. Raised a few million and I am growing my company. In hindsight, I could have done all of this without having wasted my 2 years in Toronto
A bit about myself: I did my undergraduate from IIT with a very high GMAT score and worked in multiple successful startups in India and SF. In my professional career had the privilege of working with some of the best minds and my expectation from the MBA program at Rotman was that I would be in a similar setting and boy was I disappointed.
My experience can be summed up in the next 4 points
1. The cohort was not really the best. It was like the school didn't even have any vetting process. They just took very average people from all around the world. On average, the calibre of the students would be comparable to Tier 3 colleges in India. The average GMAT is 670. And it seems like anyone who could pay $100K was taken in.
2. There is no GPA non-disclosure policy here, due to which people were focusing on studies rather than socializing - the point whole of an MBA was missing.
3. Also due to point no. 1, the professors give assignments and exams which are more focused on rote learning as compared to critical thinking since they know that students are not capable of the latter and will end up with bad grades, which is not ideal for the school. So most exams were about who can calculate things fast enough on their calculator and who can cram enough info in their brains.
4. I wanted to get into Tech and the career services team over here has no clue about Tech and Internet jobs. They don't even know how to vet a Tech CV and they do not have a single person in the team who is from the technology industry. Not a single big Tech company recruits from Rotman despite having offices in Toronto.
If you have similar background and aspirations as I did, I would highly recommend that you do not apply to the program or best, make this your last option. Unless you have $100K lying around.
What I am doing post MBA - I have returned to India and started up. Raised a few million and I am growing my company. In hindsight, I could have done all of this without having wasted my 2 years in Toronto
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09 Sep 2021, 01:52
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Thanks for your honest feedback. How is the recruitment/career services for consulting/general management roles? How would you rate Rotman for these sectors?
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jhashubham28
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Location: India
Schools: Goizueta '24 (D) Tepper '24 (II) Rotman '24 (D) Simon '24 (A$$) Schulich Sep'22 Intake (D) Johnson '24 (D)
GMAT 1: 710 Q48 V38
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Schools: Goizueta '24 (D) Tepper '24 (II) Rotman '24 (D) Simon '24 (A$$) Schulich Sep'22 Intake (D) Johnson '24 (D)
GMAT 1: 710 Q48 V38
Posts: 51
09 Sep 2021, 01:56
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Thank you so much for your honest feedback , feedbacks like these really help, everywhere else you see good reviews about the school, this is also important, reconsidering my decision now!!!
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