Welcome to Ivey

niagarafalls

Hopefully, you guys do not mind I am showing up here again. The first MAC exam really drives us crazy here.

Thanks for BraveMBA & Deliap, Ivey family will keep growing and become stronger.

A&A Team in Ivey will bring more MBA students here to help new applicants.

soimfriend

Hi braveMBA & Delia, Great to see you guys here again. I'm to apply for Ivey this year. Ivey is to convey MBA sessions in China in Nov. However, I'm to take T & G in Nov. Do you think this session is so important that I shall attend, or alternativelly is it better that I make a campus visit to Ivey in Jan after I complete the application in Dec?

braveMBA

Soimfriend,

To my knowledge, you don't have to attend the session, but of course it will help you know Ivey more and also give your impression to admissions. Ivey encourages applicants to take class visit, or campus visit. Often the interview will take after visit then. So, make your own decision. It doesn't matter. BTW, Ella Strong, the international student director, goes to China every year. She is very nice, and also one of the admissions as well.

Good luck.

soimfriend

Thanks so much for your information. Do you think a campus visit in Jan followed by an interview immediately would be ok? I'm not sure about the usual arragement of the addmissions. Is Jan a good time, or is it a time easy to get an interview arragement?

uscanmba04

Tony 6,

Dont worry too much about the GPA. I got a GPA less than 80, (around 75) and I am now sitting at Ivey. The program may be a little bit tough becasue everyday you may be overwhelmed in the cases, reports, presentations and exams. But I believe all Chinese guys here can manage them somehow. While, more important, I also believe this two years Ivey experience will surely give you the real confidence and capability to handle tones of pressure in your future career hereafter.

I still remeber what an Ivey Prof told me before I came here: we are not looking at sort of GPA, sort of percentile, and sort of academic "records". We are realistic because we know different schools could give you different such grades and ranking, and they could be confusing and misleading. That's the way differentiates Ivey from other schools. Instead we are looking at your potential, we are looking at your uniqueness, and we are looking at your leadership quality as a whole.

On the other hand, when I sit at Ivey and watch, I notice that real contributions in the class dicussion mostly came from real business experiences rather than from books which we learnt 5 or 10 years ago. We are living in a so fast-chaning world. So, never expect you can rely on those oldated stuff to survive in a top B-school. The only key is learning from time to time with your intelligence, with your diligence, and with your big heart.

I never regret I chose Ivey. And I am happy to find a warm Chinese community here. We set up Chinese peer support, we set up Chinese mentor sessions, and we all helped each other to overcome all kinds of possible difficulties. We do value individual competitions, but more important we do share whatever we find helpful and supportive. Here we study and live like a big family. I enjoy and cherish such close connections of each other on which we can build up a strong Ivey nerwork in both persoanl and career life from now on.

Today I got a little time to relax, after our first intense case exam. I am writing this stuff to share with you guys my real feeling of struggling on a tough road. Wish this could give you some lights on your upcoming MBA application.      

dinosaure

thank braveMBA, deliap

uscanmb04,your words are very helpful for me to make a decision.Could you send a email to me and keep in touch.my email:szleesn[在] yahoo.com.cn

braveMBA

以下是引用soimfriend在2004-10-17 23:24:00的发言：
Thanks so much for your information. Do you think a campus visit in Jan followed by an interview immediately would be ok? I'm not sure about the usual arragement of the addmissions. Is Jan a good time, or is it a time easy to get an interview arragement?

This year, Ivey takes rolling basis rather than batch application. So, it is hard to say when is the best time. The typical answer is As soon as possible for rolling basis. Jan is not bad if you are an immigrant. If you are an international student, ASAP is the best choice.

Good luck.

soimfriend

以下是引用braveMBA在2004-10-18 8:31:00的发言：

This year, Ivey takes rolling basis rather than batch application. So, it is hard to say when is the best time. The typical answer is As soon as possible for rolling basis. Jan is not bad if you are an immigrant. If you are an international student, ASAP is the best choice.

Good luck.

Thanks. I'm planning to land in Ca as immigrant in Jan and take that time for interview and campus visits. I can hardly manage it earlier because of my test and application schedule. Do you think immigrants will definetely benefit from their residentship in application?

willandgrace

Hi, Bravemba, today I received an e-mail from Ivey. Since I talked with Ivey representatives when I visited MBA Fair a couple weeks ago, they invited me to participate in the dinner sessions or lunch sessions next week. Did you guys take part in such sessions? Any suggestions?

Thanks.

braveMBA

以下是引用soimfriend在2004-10-18 23:33:00的发言：

Thanks. I'm planning to land in Ca as immigrant in Jan and take that time for interview and campus visits. I can hardly manage it earlier because of my test and application schedule. Do you think immigrants will definetely benefit from their residentship in application?

Soimfriend,

One benefit you can get from your immigrant status is you have a later deadline compared with international students. Another one is the tuition has 2000 difference, of course cheaper.

Allen

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