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Hi Experts,

I'm looking for your advice on whether I should take Rotman's offer or wait for an year with a hope to crack any top 15 ranked U.S school.

Background:
Career: Indian IT Consultant, 8 years experience
Age: 30 Years
GMAT: 710
Under-graduation: Engineering Degree with not so impressive GPA
Domain: Technology Consultant
Writing & Interview skills: Very effective
Interest: MBA General Management/Marketing
Ambition: Marketing for technology products

As everyone is aware that Rotman is known for its Finance education and most if its recruiters will be from Finance co's. Is it worth for a General Management education seeker to sit in a finance oriented group to save an year.

Pro's of Rotman:
1) Location Toronto: Wife would be able to take a full time job in Toronto. Also Toronto has many tech companies for my future
2) Good reputation of Rotman in N.A and internship
3) Starting in August 2013 so will save an year of my life

Con's of Rotman:
1) Known for Finance
2) Canada offers fewer opportunities compared to US.
3) Placements: Not sure how many tech companies in Toronto pick their interns/staff from Rotman

My 2nd option is to continue in my tech role for an year more and shoot for the top 15 US schools.
There is no guarantee that I will get there but at least, I won't lose anything big other than being an year late for my dream career.
In this 1 year, I'm planning to have a few management related certifications under my belt.

Please help me take this tough call as I'm equally balanced as on today and time is running out for me.

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by mbaguy2012 » Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:33 am
Hi Horseman

I would suggest you join the program at Rotman until & unless you only want to be in the US. Rotman is an ivey league program in Canada & offers great experience & careers. Being in Toronto, where most Consulting companies are, Rotman will give you a great opportunity to knock at the doors of most of the Big 4s & Big 10s who regularly hire Rotman MBA graduates. Also if you are a non-american/canadian, an MBA from Rotman will give you an opportunity to get a 3 year work permit, which certainly eases the job search.

Hope it helps.

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by ErinaApphelp » Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:09 am
Hi,

You have decent profile with good GMAT scores. With 8+ yrs. of work experience, you are in ideal phase of your career which most of the b-school(s) look for. I would suggest you to focus on US and European b-school(s) which are known for finance. You may check the following link for more information on top finance b-schools https://goo.gl/KHhoZ. To try your chances in b-school(s), click https://bit.ly/12T2zZz

Let me know in case of further queries. You may PM your details for discussion in length.

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horseman wrote:Hi Experts,

I'm looking for your advice on whether I should take Rotman's offer or wait for an year with a hope to crack any top 15 ranked U.S school.

Background:
Career: Indian IT Consultant, 8 years experience
Age: 30 Years
GMAT: 710
Under-graduation: Engineering Degree with not so impressive GPA
Domain: Technology Consultant
Writing & Interview skills: Very effective
Interest: MBA General Management/Marketing
Ambition: Marketing for technology products

As everyone is aware that Rotman is known for its Finance education and most if its recruiters will be from Finance co's. Is it worth for a General Management education seeker to sit in a finance oriented group to save an year.

Pro's of Rotman:
1) Location Toronto: Wife would be able to take a full time job in Toronto. Also Toronto has many tech companies for my future
2) Good reputation of Rotman in N.A and internship
3) Starting in August 2013 so will save an year of my life

Con's of Rotman:
1) Known for Finance
2) Canada offers fewer opportunities compared to US.
3) Placements: Not sure how many tech companies in Toronto pick their interns/staff from Rotman

My 2nd option is to continue in my tech role for an year more and shoot for the top 15 US schools.
There is no guarantee that I will get there but at least, I won't lose anything big other than being an year late for my dream career.
In this 1 year, I'm planning to have a few management related certifications under my belt.

Please help me take this tough call as I'm equally balanced as on today and time is running out for me.

Regards,
Horseman
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Undergrad- Top 5 college in India
MBA- Top 15 FT ranking b-school
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by money9111 » Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:05 am
I have a question outside of the suggestions that have been posed by others. Why didn't you apply to the other schools before? Just curious, because then I can answer your other question.
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by money9111 » Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:06 am
I have a question outside of the suggestions that have been posed by others. Why didn't you apply to the other schools before? Just curious, because then I can answer your other question.
My goal is to make MBA applicants take onus over their process.

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by mbaguy2012 » Mon Jun 24, 2013 1:28 am
Good question money91111.