well, i have to say, althogh not willingly, ivey is the best. why? not only the rankings, the starting salary, but also the fact of the history. ivey has about 20000 alumi, and probably running 60-70% of companies in canada. you go to a middle or large firms in canada, and i will be shocked if you could not find ivey graduates. that is actually the biggest assets of ivey, and in canada, ivey is incomparable. ivey is general management, which means do not focus on one point, but averaging on all aspects. so in the long run, its value is good. but in the short term, for example, when you graduate and compete for jobs, not great. because you seem to know everything, but nothing deep.
rotman's ranking is rising fast, mainly because their changing of focus on finance, which represents a large portion of mba jobs. beside, it is in toronto, so closer to the bay street, which is the financial centre of canada. but rotman was not that great a couple years ago, so as a rising star, it is attractive, but the root and history is not that deep, and the network is not broad too. besides, rotman does limit chinese student percentage, so not easy to get in.
mcgrill, usb...not so sure, they might be ok, but ivey only sees rotman as its competitors, so i could say probably mcgrill and usb are still a little bit behind?
queen's is strong in technology, and the class size is much smaller. 50-60 per year. my friend there told me that while the job opportunities are good, but just like ivey, no guarantee.the ranking is part of the story, when you choose mba, you should consider the ranking, the history, and other stuff too....
hope this would help. ..... |