Canadian undergrad help
I am currently in the Honors economics specialization program at UWO in my 2nd year. I am not aiming for Wall street at all and would actually prefer a job in finance(not necessarily in IB) on Bay street as it is closer to home.
The issue here is that at the end of the year, I should have between a 3.1-3.3 gpa. I am unsure of my options here.
Do you recommend getting my GPA up to 3.7 and applying to an MFin/grad program? Or would getting a CFA help me more here?
Getting into Ivey is relatively out of the question unless I choose to take a 6th year (my first two years were lack laster).
Any help would be great.
I think the answer you'll get most often here is that you'll have to network. It's a shame that Ivey manages to keep a tight grip on OCR because it basically rules out everyone else from being looked at - even if you're in a difficult econ program.
I'm not sure if the econ program has their own alumni database but the only person I can think of that might be able to help is Prof. Brou (teaches finance for mos). I've never had him but he's done econ at UWO, UofT and Columbia.
Hopefully someone else can give you a more substantial answer as I'm mostly just sympathetic to your cause. I'd recommend Ivey as long as you're confident that you'll make the most of it and excel past everyone else in your class. Unfortunately, Ivey also has a handle on lower tiered firms as well - so you're basically stuck paying 40k to get into any firms, period (unless you network your way in). If you're not really picky about which bank you want to work for, then go for it.
What do you mean by OCR? And paying 40k to get a job? The tuition costs twice that and I've been under the impression Ivey has fantastic placement results for a Canadian program. I was just looking pretty heavily at applying there last night, so I'm legitimately curious about the downsides to their school...
Also should mention that, while not always required, most people get at least a couple years work experience and a GMAT first - could be enough to overlook a lower GPA.
Ivey tuition doesn't cost 80k.
Their placement is great, but I've seen a lot of people not make the most of their recruiting options (for whatever reason) and be stuck with a job that you could get going to any other school. If you're already at Western, the plus side is that it unlocks firms of every tier you can apply to (eg. for consulting - accenture as well as MBB). This is more so specific to Western since it has two business programs.
The way I see it, you're basically paying 40k for (more or less) a guarantee of at least an average placement and the possibility of a great one. Otherwise you'd pay half of that elsewhere for fewer prospects and no guarantees.
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