Queens Full time MBA Vs other canadian schoos -need insights

Thanks, I am not on sheer technical side of finance.

I have been into wealth management roles and business development roles in Insurance - both life and general.

Do you think future in these roles is heavily dominated by ivey/rotman only (especially in toronto)

Thanks

when you graduate doesn't matter. where you are in the program in relation to the big hiring season in October makes a difference. You've only completed 5 months of the program by the time recruitment rolls around in October at Ivey, so you're on the back foot in technical terms. They usually take that into consideration though. The Toronto vs outside debate is a good one. I networked in Toronto a lot and it wasn't pleasant to drive all the way up and back to London multiple times a week, that's for sure.

As far as wealth management roles, Rotman tends to take most of those but it's not as competitive as i-banking in general, so you're definitely in with a shot from Schulich or Queens. You'd be fine for BD in any of the schools.

I had a fear and that turns out to be true , I received an admit from Schulich for fall 2013

Any more insights ?

Thanks

Congratulations for your admit wayahead123 .
What's your academic profile ? are you planning to do a full time or part-time?

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Am doing it full time

congratulations! if you feel the school suits your needs, go for it! if not, you can always defer and try other schools again. but it's great you got in, and you should be very happy.

For the first time, i am loving to be in a problem - choosing schulich or Queens

Queens reputation is invincible and the schulich's location and opportunity to apply for 3 yrs work permit mesmerize to schulich

Lets see, i think i need to over stretch my research abilities

thanks

What did you decide?

Hi,

I am yet to decide, have a day or two only remaining.

I like the aspects of queens that are academics, quality of students, team based coaching etc, but the location is a problem since i am looking at opportunities in financial services and Torotnto is the hub

With schulich, the fees is a little less and the school is at toronto, so it is always better to network with people. I heard that the quality of students at schulich is not as good as queens' students.

In all, my confusion stands as it is

Whatever you decide, both are really top schools. You cannot go wrong.

Ya, lets see.

I am not this bad at decision making, but this time I am lost

Thanks for your inputs till date

Schulich hands down! 1) Lower tuition 2) Largest network in Canada 3) Probably best rounded school in Canada.

I could write a book on what a BS rumor it is that Schulich has lower quality of students or admission policies. If we shrunk the size of Schulich MBA to what it is at Ivey or Queens, then Schulich stats in career placement and GMAT/GPA would be off the charts! On that point, smaller program is not an advantage, its a disadvantage. Much less people to network with. Benefit of Schulich is that it is large and school has strengths in so many areas, but accounting, marketing and strategy stand out especially.

Hi Guys,

Nice discussion

Any more inputs ?

Both schools are good, although Schulich Admin staff are way more professional than that of Queens. Although I was already accepted to Ivey, My #1 choice, I still decided to take the interview via Webcam. I didn't like my interviewer at all. Some guy, arrogant and he came off that he was better than me and the other girl who interviewed me. haha. So ya if you get the guy, goodluck, he a dbag...woooooo! A
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so @wayahead123.. where are you now? queens or schulich?
and i am in the same situation with same questions
however, i had already got an admit from Rotman last year but due to high fees i had to defer it
can you or anyone give me insight here? reviews after 2 years

Very subjective questions!!!

Hi All, I need some inputs here regarding Canadian B-schools, specifically since after 2020 pandemic economies have undergone change. I have been accepted into Full-time MBA program at Queens for Jan'22 intake and also received Forte Fellowship. I was rejected by Ivey after Interview. My post-MBA goal is to get into Finance (not IB) and currently I work in IT (Software Engineer).

I am basically trying to decide between accepting offer from Queens or applying to Rotman in R1 and waiting for result.

Points in favour of Queens
1. 1-year program. Cost factor between Queens and Rotman play a big role for me. Queens not just have lower opportunity cost but overall living cost in Kingston would be lesser than Toronto.
2. Smaller batch size. This would mean more focused attention given to each student and personally, I prefer less crowded spaces. So a smaller cohort is a plus point for me
3. Tight-knit community : my interactions with adCom, alumni of Queens had been really warm and welcoming. I have also interact with alumni from Rotman, Sauder, Schulich, McGill but so far Queens had been most supportive.

Points in favour of Rotman :
1. Bigger brand-name, both in Canada as well as internationally.
2. Location is big advantage especially since I want to pursue career in Finance. And Rotman itself is known for Finance-career avenues.
3. Bigger batch size. On-campus placements features almost all major employers in Canada. Placement stats are impressive.

My current GMAT score is also not competitive for Rotman, is what I have understood. So I will also have to write GMAT again and improve my score.

Please provide your inputs and any other point of comparison. I would want to pursue MBA as early as possible and therefore I am inclined towards Queens.