Hey,
Congratulations on being accepted.
If your GMAT is in the 700s you have a shot of being accepted anywhere so before someone can really judge if UBC is right for you, can you tell us where else you've applied or where else you are considering attending?
As for UBC, it's a great school, one of the best in Western Canada. Vancouver is a great city to live and work in and you should be able to find a job after you complete the program without many problems. Also, I see you are from India and it might help knowing there is a large Indian community in Vancouver as well and it is a community with strong business ties.
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aki_rocks22
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guys first of all congrats on getting admits to UBC .......blueprint wrote:Hey,
Congratulations on being accepted.
If your GMAT is in the 700s you have a shot of being accepted anywhere so before someone can really judge if UBC is right for you, can you tell us where else you've applied or where else you are considering attending?
As for UBC, it's a great school, one of the best in Western Canada. Vancouver is a great city to live and work in and you should be able to find a job after you complete the program without many problems. Also, I see you are from India and it might help knowing there is a large Indian community in Vancouver as well and it is a community with strong business ties.
Even I am aspiring to join UBC. Can you guys plzz post your GMAT scores along with your profile in short . THis will help aspiring candidates to take the decision
Thxx in advance
Hi there,
First, congrats on the acceptance, did you end up going, how's the program so far?
I'm a US citizen with my spouse in Vancouver for at least the next three years while she earns her PhD. I've been attracted to UBC's MBA programs but I don't know how well the school is recognized by companies in the US.
I am trying to pursue one of two paths: to either work my way up the finance ladder to a CFO position or work at investment strategy and eventually work as a portfolio manager or CIO.
I wonder if the UBC MBA is worth it right now or if it would be better to wait another three years and try to get into a higher-ranked school in the States? The problem is that my job right now doesn't offer much room for advancement so I feel like I'm wasting my time and all of the good jobs require an MBA. I'm also looking at eventually writing the CPA and/or CFA depending on which path I can eventually lock in.
Any advice/opinions/comments?
First, congrats on the acceptance, did you end up going, how's the program so far?
I'm a US citizen with my spouse in Vancouver for at least the next three years while she earns her PhD. I've been attracted to UBC's MBA programs but I don't know how well the school is recognized by companies in the US.
I am trying to pursue one of two paths: to either work my way up the finance ladder to a CFO position or work at investment strategy and eventually work as a portfolio manager or CIO.
I wonder if the UBC MBA is worth it right now or if it would be better to wait another three years and try to get into a higher-ranked school in the States? The problem is that my job right now doesn't offer much room for advancement so I feel like I'm wasting my time and all of the good jobs require an MBA. I'm also looking at eventually writing the CPA and/or CFA depending on which path I can eventually lock in.
Any advice/opinions/comments?
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seans
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Firstly, I'd like to congratulate you on the hard work you put into your application for Sauder.
As to your question about job prospects after graduation from Sauder, I'm sorry to say that most of their graduates chances are pretty bleek.
I graduated from Sauder's BComm program and can atest to the rather poor job prospects offered. Factually speaking, the problem with Sauder is that it's on the west coast of Canada where there's barely any corporate headquarters so hiring is mostly for the branch offices out in Vancouver and the positions will ofcourse be limited.
Second, the MBA program at Sauder seriously lacks a strong local alumni network to help you get your foot in the door into most industries. As most MBA students at Sauder are either international students or recent landed immigrants, their career footprint in Canada is either very limited or non-existent, thereby depriving the alumni network of any strong business traction.
Third, very few Sauder alumni that went through the MBA program have made it to the upper echelon in the Canadian business community. My observations have led me to realize that Sauder MBAs settle into middle manager jobs as oppose to corporate leadership roles.
This is in no way a rant of Sauder's MBA program, but purely the facts that I have been presented with. I encourage you to find a copy of the Trek, which is a magazine published by Sauder that high lights their graduates. As you will find, Sauder's lack of shining alumni have led them to even have to highlight a broker from a small Vancouver brokerage as a "high flying" alumni.
If you wish to live and work in Canada, I'd suggest a school out east where the pulse of the Canadian economy is, and where the b-schools out there are actually reputable on a national scale. Business Week or Financial Times rankings do very little in providing you with the actual ROI of your MBA. The jobs that graduates get before graduation speaks vasty more. You should speak with people currently in the program and ask how many in their class have job offers lined up. Be wise and make your b-school decision on something tangible like job prospects as oppose to the great mountain and ocean views offered by Vancouver.
As to your question about job prospects after graduation from Sauder, I'm sorry to say that most of their graduates chances are pretty bleek.
I graduated from Sauder's BComm program and can atest to the rather poor job prospects offered. Factually speaking, the problem with Sauder is that it's on the west coast of Canada where there's barely any corporate headquarters so hiring is mostly for the branch offices out in Vancouver and the positions will ofcourse be limited.
Second, the MBA program at Sauder seriously lacks a strong local alumni network to help you get your foot in the door into most industries. As most MBA students at Sauder are either international students or recent landed immigrants, their career footprint in Canada is either very limited or non-existent, thereby depriving the alumni network of any strong business traction.
Third, very few Sauder alumni that went through the MBA program have made it to the upper echelon in the Canadian business community. My observations have led me to realize that Sauder MBAs settle into middle manager jobs as oppose to corporate leadership roles.
This is in no way a rant of Sauder's MBA program, but purely the facts that I have been presented with. I encourage you to find a copy of the Trek, which is a magazine published by Sauder that high lights their graduates. As you will find, Sauder's lack of shining alumni have led them to even have to highlight a broker from a small Vancouver brokerage as a "high flying" alumni.
If you wish to live and work in Canada, I'd suggest a school out east where the pulse of the Canadian economy is, and where the b-schools out there are actually reputable on a national scale. Business Week or Financial Times rankings do very little in providing you with the actual ROI of your MBA. The jobs that graduates get before graduation speaks vasty more. You should speak with people currently in the program and ask how many in their class have job offers lined up. Be wise and make your b-school decision on something tangible like job prospects as oppose to the great mountain and ocean views offered by Vancouver.
