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I'm a Montrealer and I would advise against the business schools here. We simply don't have the clout at the graduate level.
I am planning on attending the JMSB. The school does not get any love from the major rankings, and is not on the radar for BB recruiters from the U.S. or even Canada. But that does not mean it is a bad choice.
If you choose Concordia just realize that it you will have to do your job search, and networking and not be able to rely on on campus recuiters coming to you.
The reason I am probably going to go there is for the joint MBA/CFA and the ability to work fulltime while completing a fulltime MBA. I am in my late 30s so this is important.
Someone else please comment, tired of typing.
Any one have idea about MBA at McGill Univ
JMSB offers regular MBA, fewer years, and if you're good enough to get in, and you want both the MBA and CFA, my suggestion is regular MBA and go the CFA alone with schweser notes.
getting the CFA with the institute does NOT justify the time and price differential between JMSB's vanilla MBA and their Goodman Institute MBA (the one with Investment Management attatched to it)
If you're going JMSB, go regular MBA (even if the company foots the bill)
my $0.02
Canadian B-Schools - Has Anyone Gone to GIIM (JMSB) (Originally Posted: 04/21/2014)
Hello WSO,
I'm an ex. Chemist looking to get into the world of Finance. I've shopped programs quite a bit and came accross the Goodman Institute of Investment Management at JMSB (Concordia in Montreal) for a combined MBA CFA program. I feel its a program that holds a lot of value and may differentiate from the rest of the regular MBA programs around in Canada. However, when doing research all I`ve found is the promotional content about it. And so, my question to the WSO community is:
Has anyone gone through this program? How was it? If not, has anyone heard anything about this program? How is it viewed in the Canadian industry?
Thanks again!
It's one of those programs I hear on the radio a lot - they definitely promote the hell out of it.
I honestly think it's a waste of time/money, because -
1) You don't need a "CFA program". You just need the study material, and you can study on your own.
2) If you're getting an MBA, the two things that matter are i) school reputation and ii) network opportunities, of which Goodman currently has neither.
I honestly wouldn't recommend getting an MBA in Canada at all, but if you do, look at Schulich and Queens. It actually might lead to some decent exit opportunities.
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