Ivey (Western) Full Time MBA (2021 Intake) Class of 2022

What is your post MBA goal?
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Businessconquerer Hi, my post MBA goal is to work in financial services sector. Rotman was my first choice but was unable to get an acceptation. I want to know which school I should consider to be an alternative if things don't go well with Ivey.

Regardless of financial services or not, I would recommend Queens > Schulich. (In a world where you don't get through Ivey, that is).

What she said +1

Schulich for Finance, it is in toronto, Bay street is in Toronto and almost all the fin institutions are there plus schulich has a nice Alumni connection there. Yes Rotman trumps all but in this case Schulich.

If you wanted to go into Consulting I would have picked Ivey
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I applied for Ivey on 22nd July and still waiting for an interview call or a ding mail. Should I expect a ding mail now because in this thread I have seen people receiving interview invites within 72 hours and those who waited for around two received a rejection mail. Just anxious! My profile is as under

Age 26
Bachelors in Military Sciences GPA 2.95/4.00
Work Experience: 6 years of commissioned service in the military after becoming an officer. Was injured last year (that is why want to pursue an MBA to transition into private sector) and became operations manager (equivalent) of a military school/college of over 8000 students and 800+ employees. School was running at a loss and I converted that school/college to a profit making entity (CAD 100,000 last year)

Extra curricular-
Bravery Medal Recipient from the Govt (2018) Gold Medalist Breast Stroke (National Level - 2012)
Mr Fit (2013)
Gold Medalist Army team Hockey (2014)

Volunteer Work - Founded NGO with friends in 2016 and was its Director Publicity for 2 years and then stepped down and a board member since

GMAT - Not taken yet planning to take the GMAT in Aug Last Week

Want to pursue my career in Operations as I think being from military that is my specialty.

I want to know if someone got an invite for interview after waiting for a week or two?

Secondly, for me what do you suggest should be my target GMAT Score and am I selecting Operations my post MBA Goal right? As many alumni says that transitioning into consulting for a military professional is very difficult And which b school will be best for me if I plan to go ahead with Operations.

Thanks for reading such a long post.

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Submit a strong GMAT. They'll ring u.

Feel free to reach out.

Also, you're a military man. It's not over until you have a ding letter.

Hang in there.
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Hi Khattak,

You have a great profile in my opinion. Also, I got my interview invite after 3 weeks.

The deadline for submitting an application without a GMAT score was July 13th. (You still had to submit it later but they would start evaluating your application meanwhile)
Post that, to be considered as a completed application, you had to submit your GMAT score.

Ivey's average GMAT score is 660-680 so that is always a safe bet. However, Ivey emphasises a lot on your complete profile than just 1 data point.

I would suggest that you send an Email to whoever you are in touch with from Ivey and they can confirm that for you.
Let me know if you have any questions! Feel free to post here or DM.

Just submitted my application last night! Very nervous. Hoping to get an interview sooner than later but looks like everything is around September. Is an in-person option available or is it all online?

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Best of luck!

All online is what I hear. Where are you based out of though? Only folks around in Canada do have an option of doing this in person, but why would you take the chance during these times? Online is seamless and a very breezy experience. Wouldn't worry too much about that if I were you.

Cheers.

Hey Khattak!

That is one impressive journey. Curious to know - Which country are you based out of though?

Don't worry about the wait times. They are erratic and no real science behind them at this point in time. As mentioned earlier above in response to your post, people have had a LONG wait before getting a call as well.

WIth respect to post-B School goals, Ops is definitely a great option but I don't see why consulting is a no-no if you have a great reason as to why. I can think of a 100+ reasons as to why an org can take away learnings from a soldier in how to be more efficient and outcome/goal-based in their day to day work. Would never strike that out.

On the GMAT - A 650-680 should keep you in good stead. But mind you 770 score profiles have been rejected and 560 score profiles have been admitted. Don't fret too much about the GMAT. It is just one of many many data points. If I were you, I'd focus more on your journey thus far, and why the MBA and Ivey in particular makes sense to you at this point in time.

Let me know if you need any further help here. Happy to chat on DM as well to assist here.

Cheers.

Hey there,

I’m based in Montreal. Didn’t know Ivey had announced online for MBA in March, can you send a press release or something? I haven’t been able to find any data on that. Thanks

I guess he didn't mean that MBA classes will be held online. He meant that the interviews are taken online.
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Ahh that would make much more sense. Yeah I haven’t heard of Ivey going online as of yet so holding my breath for sure.

Hey Guys,

There is yet another webinar for peeps applying to Rotman and Ivey. This is being organized by egmat but I think it would be worth attending as they will tackle the elephant in the room with the following agenda :

-Why Canada
-Top MBA
-Finding your profile fit
-Building a strong application
-Covid 19 impact
-Q&A


https://e-gmat.com/mba_in_canada/?utm_s ... _in_canada

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Thank you for sharing. It'll be interesting to hear what e-gmat has to say about covid-19 impact and other topics.

Hi everyone. I was recently admitted to the program and am absolutely thrilled to be part of next year's cohort. I'd love to give back in any capacity I can, so please feel free to reach out with any questions you might have.

For people who have already started working on their applications, I'm sure you have noticed how refreshingly friendly and helpful the admissions team is. My advice would be to take advantage of as many touch-points as the school offers you (one-on-one sessions with the admissions team, virtual info sessions, mock case-study classes, etc.) because it allows them a chance to get to know you better and eventually present a strong case for you to the admissions committee.

In terms of the GMAT and other academic credentials, I will echo what has been said before, which is that Ivey truly does look at your application as a whole, and doesn't get too fixated on raw statistics. Make sure your application presents an authentic picture of yourself and I'm sure you will proceed to the interview round. My best to you all!

My bad, if I didn't word that correctly. Was just answering the question directly.

No, Ivey has not announced full online officially yet (Way too soon, honestly). And AFAIK, the interviews are all online now. Hope that clarifies things.

Cheers.

Actually, the current cohort is going back to in-person classes starting August 10th.
JD mentioned that in the info-session yesterday.