Ivey商学院中国学生答疑-The next deadline is Feb 1st

soimfriend

zliver,

1) You are strongly recommended to re-write your TOEFL. Generally speaking, 600+ is a must. To be honest, I don't know any Chinese student at Ivey who has a TOEFL lower than 620. An official response from Ivey would be "you are encouraged to apply and your application will be evaluated as a whole". However, personally, I would not suggest you to apply with a TOEFL score of 560. It is hard to justify your English communication skills with such a TOEFL.

2) Your GMAT is good enough to me. Application is a whole package. Good essays and interview are more important than a high GMAT. Ivey's case method requires students have very good communication skills and solid work experience.

I can not say whether or not you can get accepted. Ivey will evaluate your application package as an entire package. Good luck.

zliver

Thanks. I think I should try TOFEL again.

qianjia

我tofel成绩还没出来600+是没什么问题的，不过GMAT只有610，有希望吗？

btw，我从事金融，工作6年，前三年总经理助理兼销售，公司top sales, 后三年做投资（portfolio manager)

eric_xue

ok

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ppbb

What does "ok" mean? It is worth to give it a try or not? Please be more specific!

scjp2000

no offence, any comment ???

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=13&ID=147196&replyID=&skin=1

soimfriend

最近有不少CDer发email询问GMAT、TOEFL分数和工作经验对申请的影响以及与申请有关的其他问题，在此做一个答复，谈谈我个人的看法。

(1)关于GMAT

In terms of GMAT, Ivey official website says "We prefer candidates with a
GMAT score of at least 620 or an 80% average over two years of their
undergraduate program. The GMAT test is only one part of the application
that is considered by the admissions committee. Successful candidates to
the MBA program demonstrate significant achievements in their academic
performance, career experience, extra curricular activities and essay
questions in addition to a strong GMAT result."

To be honest, a very low GMAT would possibly put applicants in a disadvantaged position.
If it is possible, those applicants are strongly recommended to re-write GMAT. However,
GMAT is not all! If you could differentiate yourself through other
application materials, especially the essays and interview, you still have
a good opportunity to get accepted.

（2）关于TOEFL

Generally speaking, 600+ is a must. To be honest, I don't know any Chinese student at Ivey who has a TOEFL lower than 620. An official response from Ivey would be "you are encouraged to apply and your application will be evaluated as a whole". However, personally, I would not suggest you to apply with a TOEFL score of 570. It is hard to justify your English communication skills with such a TOEFL.

（3）关于录取的philosophy

Generally speaking, Ivey values solid work experience
and strong communication skills. This is because Ivey
uses a case teaching method. In every Ivey class you
will see students discussing cases under the guide of
professors. Basically no lecture is given in any Ivey
course and no "correct" anwser is expected in any
case. With this method, students learn from their
peers as well as from professors. That is why Ivey
values work experience and communication skills more
than other schools do.

Keep in mind, Ivey seeks students who
have solid work experience and good communication skills. This is decided
by the nature of Ivey case teaching method. If you could justify these two
points, the negative impact of GMAT will be offset.

（4）关于申请时间

Starting from 2006, Ivey is going to change its MBA
program to a 12-month program. There would be two
intakes in 2006, one in May and one in October. Three
rounds of application deadlines are Dec 15 2005, Feb 1
2006, Apr 1 2006 for May intake and May 1, July 3,
Sept 1 for Oct intake.
http://www.ivey.uwo.ca/mba/admissions/app_process.htm

请注意06年5月入学的班招生人数比较少，现在第一轮申请时间已经过了，第二轮和第三轮的申请deadline分别是2月1日和4月1日。据我所知，目前已经发出了少数一些offer。虽然有deadline，但是申请的处理是一旦材料收齐就开始处理。

soimfriend

scjp2000

那个帖子的LZ跟我同班，我们关系很好，其实他学得很好。他的意见不是没有道理，至少陈述的事实都是真实的。我觉得这是个见仁见智的问题，关键是fit，没有一个program适合所有人。case method可能更不是适合所有人的program，也许这也是只有3所学校完全使用case method的原因之一。我这个帖子和IVEY的官方渠道（包括跟我们的email通信，跟student ambassador的email，IVEY的官方网站等等）尽量给大家提供一些正面的信息，大家从另外的帖子中看到一些不同的意见也是一件好事，如果我们把商学院的申请看做一个商业决定的话，没有一个决定是perfect的，我相信多一些信息和观点可以帮助大家更好的做出决定。

Solaris

非常感谢ＩＶＥＹ同学一直以来的热情帮助．现在有新的问题来了，我报名参加了 在多伦多举行的Ivey's First Class on the Road event in Toronto on January 19th，Case led by Craig Dunbar, Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Research，是跟ＦＩＮＡＮＣＥ有关的，由于以前没有接触过ＦＩＮＡＮＣＥ专业，该怎么准备，参加这个活动该注意什么？请指点

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forbetterlife

请问如果被IVey录取了

是否需要交纳保证金，如果需要，大概多少，谢谢了。