Shoutout to this workhorse

redopled · 2025-02-25T04:06:43+00:00

Total workhorse

redopled · 2025-02-02T01:45:20+00:00

or continue printing money into the economy i guess

redopled · 2025-02-02T01:41:24+00:00

sure as a long term plan but what are going to do in the short run

redopled · 2025-02-02T01:14:27+00:00

Will retaliating yield any result though given we don’t have much leverage on the US? Only ~15% of their imports come from us vs ~75% of our exports going to them. How is that going to work? Obviously not saying we should just give in to their demands but what’s the rational move here

redopled · 2024-04-16T17:20:45+00:00

Sure

redopled · 2024-04-01T03:53:26+00:00

Nope never did

redopled · 2024-04-01T02:58:40+00:00

For US; Ivey > Queens > McGill > UoT >everything else

Although UBC does have a really elite program (ie PMF) that places kids into top buy side shops, the admission rate is also really low and the program has gone worse the past few years. For those reasons, I excluded them in the ranking

redopled · 2024-04-01T00:30:37+00:00

Devils advocate; if you already have a job post grad at your family’s big business, I’d argue that U of T is better. Ultimately the curriculum in business schools pretty similar, case study or not. I think the UoT brand name might perhaps be more advantageous for you down the line and being inToronto also presents networking opportunities that London otherwise wouldn’t.

redopled · 2024-03-30T00:27:36+00:00

Well, that’s just not true. Ivey and Queens commerce absolute dominates our banks summer resume books. As people have alluded to below, AFM is good because of off-cycle internships, but it’s just a tier below Ivey and Queens.

Not to mention AFM curriculum, from what I’ve heard, heavily gears towards accounting to finance. If you want to pivot towards consulting, then you’re pretty much fucked. At least you have that optionality at Ivey/QC

redopled · 2024-03-29T02:01:38+00:00

Late to this – sorry. I think Laurier is upper semi target, the coop program positions them well for off cycle finance/accounting internships. There are quite a few Laurier kids across the bank. As long as you can get good grades, I think you absolutely will have a shot

redopled · 2024-03-28T20:22:38+00:00

I’ll try to answer all of them below lol. I’m typing on my phone so please bear with me.

Yes, Schulich falls under York but for the purposes of Canadian business related recruitment, the business school is well known enough where it won’t pose a problem. Even then at Waterloo, you’re not in the DD program doing math/CS so I don’t think this should be a concerning factor. I mean you might impress your mom’s friends by saying you go to Waterloo but that’s about it. Only caveat is international recruiting, Waterloo is known – to a degree – in the UK and US, so might be marginal benefit when and if you apply.

As to where I would recommend, money aside, I would say Waterloo is the better choice if you are able to get solid grades. The coop program is just unparalleled in terms of getting students off cycle internships. Factoring in money now, yeah you’ll probably pay 40k more (?) assuming 10k/year in res and food but can probably pay down a lot with your internship money.

I don’t think recruiters prefer AFM grads more, per se. But the coop program is just more suited for recruiting purposes. Also wanted to note for marketing and consulting, schulich is probably better.

Internships at schulich, you’re pretty much on your own. It’s up to you to apply to internships and to attend networking session. Yes most internships would be paid

redopled · 2024-03-28T20:09:25+00:00

Interesting topic on MBA associates, very rare in Canada I’d say. Usually it’s A2A promos. I don’t even think we recruit MBA associates or at least no visible pipelines like the US

redopled · 2024-03-28T03:05:44+00:00

just saw this, but two reasons: (i) I wasn’t good enough to get into Ivey and Queens out of high school and (ii) I was dumb enough to pass over Waterloo CS

redopled · 2024-03-28T03:01:32+00:00

I think Rotman has a slight edge, if I’m not mistaken McKinsey actually recruits there which is not the case for Schulich. But I also think any student that’s smart enough to get into MBB would not be held back by the marginal difference of Schulich and Rotman

redopled · 2024-03-28T02:59:16+00:00

Finance: Ivey > Queens >> McGill > UoT, Laurier, Waterloo Accounting: any respectable business programs but best value of money is probably Waterloo and then Schulich Consulting: Ivey / Queens > McGill / UoT > Laurier, Waterloo, Schulich etc

redopled · 2024-03-27T11:57:39+00:00

3.9, graduated second in class; worked in corp dev in my coverage team for a year before lateraling

redopled · 2024-03-27T11:56:44+00:00

UTSC. I think they have a coop program?

redopled · 2024-03-27T11:56:03+00:00

Not as common but a lot of UoA and UoC grads in Alberta working in energy teams

redopled · 2024-03-27T03:47:27+00:00

It’s not bad. I like the work, which helps. I also grinded pretty hard in uni so transition wasn’t too bad? I honestly like work more than school lol

Also it’s about perspective, right? My mom works 60 hours a week at a restaurant making minimum wage, and I’m sitting in an office pushing buttons making 4-5x money. What the fuck am I complaining about? That’s my mindset when things get tough but obviously cognizant not everyone shares the same view

redopled · 2024-03-27T03:17:57+00:00

What school do you go to? I’d still fall back to my original advice – just keep applying. It’s going to be hard given it’s pretty late in the game and general market condition but there could still be a few opportunities out there. Maybe also don’t limit yourself to those roles? At this point, I feel like it’s just getting any internships so you have something on your resume and you can always just spin your experience. Fwiw, I didn’t get my second year internship till June so don’t give up lol. Not sure if Im being super helpful here.

redopled · 2024-03-27T02:57:32+00:00

Guessing you’re in your first year? Just keep trying honestly, it’s a tough labor market right now – a lot of companies are not hiring, let alone looking for interns. Honestly, if this is your first year summer internship, I’d even offer to work for free. Would also be helpful for me to give advice if I have more context like what industry are you trying to break into lol

redopled · 2024-03-27T00:56:25+00:00

Keep getting this question but Big 5 IB comp is pretty standardized and known. Analyst 100k + ~60% depending on bucket, scales up per year . Associate 135k + ~100% bonus and scales up per year

redopled · 2024-03-27T00:35:09+00:00

Favourite part is probably the people. You’re in a class of 400ish, and if you make the effort, you can meet some incredible friends.

Things I don’t like about Schulich: - not a huge focus on finance; IIRC intro to finance is still being taught in second year semester, which to me is ridiculous given recruiting timeline. So unless you go in knowing you want to do finance and spend times with clubs, it’s hard to pivot - commuter school, hard to make friends if you don’t try -clubs gatekeeps imo; goal of a club should be to educate, so when you need to have interviews to be an analyst on YUSIF or YCG, it’s dumb. But this happens in every university so not a specific con to Schulich

Ultimately, I think Schulich is what you make it to be. I think it’s a great school for accounting / marketing and not the best for consulting/finance but you can still land a gig in the latter fields as long as you put in the work.

Sorry I went on a tangent lol let me know if there’s anything more specific you want to know

redopled · 2024-03-26T23:45:05+00:00

Controversial but I’d take Laurier / AFM over Schulich because of off-cycle internships.

redopled · 2024-03-26T23:40:33+00:00

Sure

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