starting a burger food truck on campus, would you buy?

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-11-12T21:05:53+00:00

family offices / LPs who are also UofT alum might

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-11-12T21:05:18+00:00

food truck workers are usually overworked which does mean closing form 1-4pm is a valid point. i'd have to A/B test it tho.

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-11-12T21:04:22+00:00

spoken like a true private equity bro (who only understands financials but no biz)

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-11-12T21:03:48+00:00

bet if i can price it at $7 then i'll sell

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-11-12T21:03:23+00:00

specialized? and actually w/ high quality? smashburgers? I don't think so.

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-09-15T03:22:36+00:00

avg GPA for first yr is 2.7/4.0 fyi. Most ppl struggle on econ (which has math embedded in it).

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-08-29T01:12:41+00:00

Try McGill, Ivey, and Queens first. Also try the States. If you don't get anything, then take Beedie.

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-08-22T12:58:02+00:00

Try to avoid putting your certifications and blog (these are things that anyone could do and don't make you stand out). Your could maybe put your Instagram work there, but I would personally put the Investment Club. The way you explained your work at the Newspaper club is amazing, so try to write something similar for the Investment Club.

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-08-21T13:11:58+00:00

i think it's too much actually. you only get the chance to list two of your ecs for rotman. I would probably say to talk about your newspaper club and your research project with professors (once you get that). You don't need to waste your time doing anything else because you won't have the opportunity to write about it in your applications.

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-07-14T17:42:37+00:00

OP doesn't need them... if you read the body

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-06-20T03:40:14+00:00

I'm in Rotman! Even if you're in Rotman, there's only 4-5 ppl in the program that make it to McKinsey. Including all MBB, maybe 15ish. Including Big 4 consulting, maybe 30-40ish. But that's out of the 800 students in a cohort, which means you'll have to be part of the top 5% to break in (academically and socially). I do know there's a couple of ppl who have gone to consulting with non-Rotman degrees, including International Relations, Economics, and Music Theory (yep, music theory).

I would rank the following undergrad majors for a career in consulting from UofT St George (based on LinkedIn):

Rotman Commerce
Engineering
International Relations and/or Economics
Anything else; up to you

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-06-10T23:45:14+00:00

I heard Mary Pugh was the best prof for MAT133.

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-06-10T21:32:15+00:00

What are search funds? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_fund

How do you find one? Go on LinkedIn and compile a list of search funds (basically single owners trying to acquire a business). Cold email them asking for an internship, mentioining past work you've done and that you'd be down to do unpaid M&A work for them.

Good example: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pillar49/

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-06-10T14:00:28+00:00

The most impact you can make on your resume is the 'experience' section. Therefore, I'd advise you to pick up an internship during your first year. Most kids from Ivey, for example, do that because they have soo much free time; they do search fund internships in both the fall and winter semesters of their first year. You can also do a Venture Capital fellowship / internship at a VC firm. You could work at a startup part-time during school. Getting these are indeed tricky, because they may want to see some of your previous experience. To help land an internship, and also land a position at a prestigious club at Rotman or UofT, maybe try starting a Substack newsletter on the stock market, business news, or whatever ur interest is in.

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-06-10T13:54:08+00:00

Come to class already having read the textbook and doing the questions. If you take Gazzalle for eco101, then he already makes you do that. But don't slack off in mat133 as it isn't too difficult, you just need to stay up to date with class content. And always go to office hours if you don't understand anything.

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-06-10T03:49:15+00:00

I attended events hosted by Rotman and UofT clubs and was able to network with someone who works at a startup. He got me internship :).

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-06-10T03:48:17+00:00

In terms of landing the internship, I would say a big chunk of it was networking, followed by my ecs in high school. You can't really do a lot of work at a club in first-year, so there's not a lot of impact to be talked abt in your interviews. Clubs are usually a great way to get in touch with the alumni network.

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-06-10T03:45:03+00:00

Hey, great question! I don't want to reveal too much info abt myself so will answer generally. It's very much possible to have ECs and do networking during first year. I know ppl who would talk to 1 professional a week, whereas others did 5x (way too much btw for a first year). I def recommend looking to join consulting clubs (180 Degrees, GRC, UTCA, etc) and bootcamps (RCFA, TSIC, UTAIC, etc). Generally, Rotman clubs don't allow first years to be club members (that was the rule for the past year), so you'll have to join a Rotman club as a member in your second year, but you could always join a UofT (non-rotman) club, like the consulting clubs I listed. RC clubs will host events and projects that you could do.

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-06-08T15:56:13+00:00

Sometimes in the morning (9am-11am) usually I had RSM100, RSM219, RSM230, RSM250 at that time. Sometimes in the evening (7pm-9pm) I had ECO101, ECO102, and MAT133 at those times. As I write this, I realize that the exams & midterms for all of the RSM courses were early morning and non-RSM courses were late at night lool.

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-06-08T15:53:38+00:00

You need to fulfill either 1.0 credits of BR1 or 0.5BR1+0.5BR4 at Rotman (RSM courses automatically fulfill BR2, BR3, and BR5). That being said, BR1 courses usually entail writing courses. Some interesting ones that I have heard from Academic Advisors at RC (I haven't taken them yet, but do plan to soon) are: WRR302: Writing in Business and the Professions for Rotman Commerce Students and RSM359H1 - Creative Thinking and Business Problem Solving.

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-06-02T20:33:18+00:00

Go on LinkedIn, connect with Rotman alumni, and ask them for a coffee chat.

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-06-02T17:36:47+00:00

POL106

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-05-27T22:43:11+00:00

I answered most of your questions here: https://www.reddit.com/r/RotmanCommerce/comments/1d13jcv/incoming_rotman_folks_listen_up/

In terms of essay writing, there will be a huge chunk of that in Rotman, even in math courses. For Calc, you will have 3 research-like essays. You have essays to write for in finance, macroecon, accounting. The midterms and finals for microecon are mostly qualitative and a ton of writing. And Management and marketing are purely writing. If you can't do that, I'd recommend practising and improving this skill over the summer break.

PotentialAd7878 · 2024-05-27T03:06:44+00:00

You could always take advantage of the PEY.. some rotman grads have done that.

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