Hi bb,
Thanks for tagging me. I completely agree with all of your points of differences between recruiting in Canada vs USA. I think all the points should push you towards accepting an offer from Tepper as that will give you a lot more opportunities in Consulting than Schulich as Tepper is a top 20 school in USA, thus providing you means to recruit for almost all of the bigger offices of consulting companies (that are all in USA!). Canadian offices are usually smaller and more focused wrt industry or functional choice while USA offices provide you a lot more flexibility.
That being said, what is your plan B as consulting recruiting is very competitive at ALL schools so for Plan B as well, Tepper wins hands down, especially when it comes to decent to high-paying jobs post MBA.
Yes, Canada makes it easier to get work visas but that comes at a few disadvantages when it comes to recruiting, namely, much lower salaries (120K CAD vs 150+ USD starting salaries in consulting for average levels to give you some clue) and a lot less fluid recruiting as its a smaller recruiting pool in Canada. 30K CAD in Schulich isnt such a big amount in the grander scheme of things that it sways you away from Tepper.
TLDR: my vote for Tepper for ease of recruiting, better/global brand name and better salaries.
Let me know if you have any questions.
bb wrote:
Ultimately no school can guarantee you a career in consulting. So I will give you more opportunities but ultimately it’s up to you in the consulting company.
However, there are a lot of differences between US and Canada. US is more difficult to get a work visa but Canada has lower salaries. Canada also does not put as much impact on your business degree in employers prefer more experience candidates. Do you have brand names on your resume? If not it will be an issue and potentially a bigger one in Canada.
ENGRTOMBA2018 may have a much more accurate perspective 😇
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