Best Canadian School for Consultancy

Question

Hi Guys,

I have researched a lot over Gmat Club and other forums for which school is the best for pursuing consultancy(especially IT) as a future career.
What i've understood is that Queen's, Rotman and Ivey is the favourite among the list. ( Even Schulich is in that list but people have some negativity about its location and admission process).

Can we a little discussion about career oppurtunities other than Finance in these above mentioned school ? 
Any inputs would be really helpful.

Regards.

INTLMBA2013 · Answer

Hi krishnasty, McGill and HEC Montreal are very strong for IT Consulting. One of the largest IT Consulting firms in North America, CGI Group ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGI_Group ), is based in Montreal and is always recruiting MBA graduates from those 2 schools. Good luck!

krussell · Answer

Rotman does have a lot of graduates move on to large, more high-end firms, like Bain and BCG. Schulich has a very strong focus on consulting throughout the program and provides a lot of 'forced experience' in the area as you do a capstone project where you assume a consultant's role for a business in Toronto or Israel. They also have two student run consulting firms in the MBA program. The big recruiters from Schulich are Deloitte and E&Y.

From what I understand, Ivey is strong in consulting as well. I don't know enough about Queen's to provide any kind of feedback.

Consulting is always a huge focus for any MBA program and I can tell you that large firms recruit from the three 'Toronto' schools (Ivey, Schulich, Rotman). Coming from personal experience, I can tell you Schulich's main focus is consulting, but all three have a good reputation for getting MBAs into consulting roles.

SnowBlue88 · Answer

I am not sure how it is for the MBA programs, but for undegrad Ivey has the best reputation for consulting.

University of Toronto and Rotman have a much more academic reputation. For example, I heard that at Ivey they get a week of for recruitment. No such thing at UofT. On the other hand U of T has probably the best engineering/Computer Science deparment out of them.

No idea about Schulich.

echelon99 · Answer

Ivey has massive rep with consulting firms, specially with their case-study approach. And they do follow traditional recruitment options like career fairs & recruitment drives (unlike Rotman, where I've been told they focus more on hosting networking events).

Not sure about Schulich though, have not been able to get a hold of anyone from there really. Just pick up tid bits here and there.

Not sure about Schulich though, have not been able to get a hold of anyone from there really. Just pick up tid bits here and there.

westsidah408 · Answer

I've heard good things about Ivey and Rotman for consulting. However, you should check out the specific career reports from each school. Also note that since Ivey is a one-year program, it may not be suited for a career switcher. Talk to admissions or a current student who graduated from those programs and are in consulting. They'll be able to give you a much better picture.

Also, look at Sauder. It usually doesn't have as good a reputation as Rotman/Ivey (due to location, I guess), but places well in consulting in the BC area. Also, Vancouver is becoming something of a hub for tech startups (from what I'm reading), so that might be taken into consideration as well.

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