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Thanks for every body who spends time to help me. As an immigrant myself, I had experience going to college in Canada and work in Canada. So would like to share some personal thoughts. Please notice my writing is only about Canada, I donot have USA experience, so please point out my wrongs about the states.
First, Canada doesnot care your Chinese experience.Only experience in Canada, or experience from big companies. That is what I learned from my IT experience, and guess that would still be true in MBA. If that is the case, then going to MBA in Canada would be a dangerous journey ---- and that is why I am considering going to USA.
Second, Canada is low cost in tuition, yes, that is true. But the salary is much lower and the tax is much higher comparing to USA. If you pay CAD60000 for Ivey and get CAD70000 when you graduate, then your starting point is from there. If you go Tuck, pay US$70000 and get US$90000 when you graduate, then your starting point is much higher. Everybody will do the math when they apply, so low cost is not the reason. In addition, Immigration is not too, because your years in USA is the same as years in Canada, that is what Immigration Canada says. Years in USA is counted in your immigration prison too.
Third, In Canada, an immigrant from China tries to find a good job by himself, that is rare. Because your experience and education in China are not recognized by most of Canadian companies. The only exception is that you work in IT for a big company in China, say IBM China. Canadian people are more conservative than Americans.
So I guess that MBA programs in Canada would be somewhat the same as other college programs --- most of the students will rely on the schools to find jobs. Perhaps some local people can land jobs by their own, but for a Chinese immigrant, the answer is close to never.
Guess every body goes to MBA, hoping to change careers or go higher level. Many of them do not have related experience, or even they had experience, that experience was not good enough. Say you want to work in financial after MBA, would your experience as a casher very helpful when you hunt for financial manager jobs when you graduate? So my guess is employers understand that situation, because if you had good enough experience, definitely you will not go to MBA--- in that case, MBA is a waste of time and money. So you have to get good marks in your MBA study, and then good interview skills.
Now here is where English kicks in. During interviews, your language skills are vital. If your English is not good enough, then you would feel more nervous, and sometimes maybe humiliated too. As a result, your confidence goes down, and your performance goes to trash.
Another thing, many Chinese people are from technical side, so they are not good at communicating and marketing themselves. And that is hard to change overnight. For example, your suites, your hair, your shave, your talking style... all these are so important, especially at high profile business interviews. Language is just one espect, but not all.
So my conclusion is that experience, cost or anything else shall not affect your MBA selection process. Instead, you should mainly focus on the school's ability to attract top employers by the school's network and reputation. And that is why ranking is so important.
I can undersand Ivey guys try to defend themselves, but seems they are over confident -- typical when you are young, and think that you can save the world by yourself. Well that is good thing, and probably will lead to huge success. But for me, a middle aged guy, I have grown out of that stage. Selecting a good MBA, studying hard, then land myself a good job with good pay. ----That is all I want, and in order to achieve that, I need a high ranking B-school with excellent networking with high profile employers, and that is why I am thinking of going to USA.
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发表于 2005-3-20 02:20:00
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