Bocconi University or University of Toronto?
Hi,
I am an international student and got admitted to Bocconi University(Italy), UofT(Canada), Bentley University(USA) and a few more in the US which are not that popular.
In the future I want to work in IB in either London or NY, haven't decided yet.
Which option would you recommend?
P.S. I am considering doing Master's later as well
Hello!
I’m a Bocconi student so I will share my view on the university.
Bocconi has an extensive alumni network in London, that you might be able to leverage to obtain a position.
Also, it is the only target school in Italy for investment banking, and it’s the best and most influential university for economics and finance in the country.
Plus, if you are considering pursuing a Master’s degree, it is much more common to do so in an European country.
You could even do it at Bocconi, as it has one of the most respected and rigorous M.Sc. in Finance in the world!
I hope these small insights can help you.
Thanks for the info.
I just have a question about studying and the grades.
I heard that getting decent grades is the hardest in Italy, especially in Bocconi, compared to other countries. If I choose to pursue master's I will need to have a good GPA. And based on your experience will it be a struggle to maintain the highest GPA? (I'm in BIEF program)
And also I heard that courses are mostly self-taught and is it easy to adjust to such kind of learning? And are there people like professor's assistants to help understand the material if needed?
I’m in BIEF too!
For what concerns grading and maintaining a high GPA, it all boils down to two things: consistency and strategy!
Consistency: you will benefit from actually attending lectures and taking notes on a daily basis; you don’t need to dedicate 5 hours a day to studying.
Just 2 or 3 hours EVERY day will be sufficient in my opinion; this will leave you plenty of time for working out, socializing, and doing extracurricular activities.
Your will assimilate information in a much more efficient way by (1) studying topics explained in a lecture before the next lecture begins, so that you are not lost while the professor is explaining, (2) revising what you have learned every week by giving it a quick reading.
Strategy: courses are allocated different credits. In my first year, management had 10 credits, general mathematics had 9; in my second year, statistics has 8 credits.
On average (the typical third-year exam has 6 credits).
They will impact ENORMOUSLY your GPA.
You can check in your study plan what courses have higher credits; please, please, please don’t make my same mistakes: study hard during the first year, as it has courses with the highest amount of credits and it will affect your GPA for the next two years.
Personally, I have a 28.8/30.0 GPA at the moment, which is decent and it might allow me to graduate with 110/110.
However, if I had focused more during my first year and, instead of getting 26/30 in mathematics, I obtained something like 29/30, I wouldn’t have had to study so hard in my third year to improve my GPA.
Also, in Bocconi you CANNOT refuse grades after you obtain them. It is a peculiarity of this university. Once you get above the passing grade 18/30, you cannot reject it, and it will impact your GPA.
What you can do is, if you feel that your exam is not going well (WHILE you are taking the exam), you can withdraw like 15 minutes from the end of the test, and try the same exam at another time (there are usually two attempts you can have in one exam session).
I rarely attended workshops with TAs, and I’m very used to studying by myself and going through the material alone. BUT, if you follow my suggestions you won’t have many difficulties.
I know people with 30/30 GPA who understood the best strategy before I did.
I hope this helps!
Bentley bizz school not bad
Yes but they didn't give me enough scholarships
Would say UoT because it has a better reputation than all of them. They may not be the best business school in Canada but reputation wise they destroy all of them which is what you need to find a job in NY :)
Regarding the education, will they provide quality education in Finance? I couldn't find much info about their finance program.
And also, is UofT considered "prestigious" in NYC for IB?
Ivey is the best. UofT is not known for business but they have a great name why did not apply to Ivey?
rotman, sure. if not, dont bother
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