Toronto Business Schools - Which one would make sense?
Hi everyone, hope you all are well. My current situation right now is selecting the right school to transfer into. I do have the GPA (stands at 8.3 on a 9.00 scale = 3.80-3.83).
My end goal is to get into a top Private Equity shop in Canada or the US.
Disclaimer: I understand that Ivey & Queens are the best schools in Canada for undergrad BUT my situation is not of the traditional student.
I'm only considering UofT or Schulich over any other school for the following reasons.
**My situation:
**Currently a YorkU student. I'm going to transfer to another school/program but I really need some guidance.
I'm planning to go through with one of the following options
Option A:
**Schulich BBA
Planned-specializations: Accounting & Finance + Computer Science (2nd major)
**OR
Schulich BBA
Specializations: Accounting + Finance + OMIS (Management Infomation systems)
Minors: Computer Science + Statistics
**Option B:
** University of Toronto - B.COMM
Specializations: Accounting + Finance
Minors: Computer Science
**While in school I'll be doing the following:
**Work as a Commercial Real Estate Broker at a top-tier CRE boutique firm (where million-dollar agents work).
Real estate investor (my father runs a successful property investment business. So I'll be joining him in making better investments).
Have a fellowship lined up next July in another country where I'll be working with the CEO to find, structure, and carry out an acquisition (CRE building or a $1M-$5M company). -- The CEO is my uncle (saying this to be transparent with you guys).
Will be pursing anywhere between* 2-3 internships* (Investment banking, management consulting, Data Science analyst at a fin-tech firm).
Planning on taking the following online courses:
LBO financial modeling (Breaking into Wall Street)
Excel Fundamentals
Real estate financial modeling
Management Consulting prep course
My questions are:
a) Since my work experience would be considered steller, do I stand out as a better candidate relative to Ivey or Queen's students?
b) Even IF I do all I said above, would I still be better off at Ivey or Queens?
c) In relative & absolute terms to all other students at other top schools, how does what I stated above sound from an investment banking recruiter's pov?
d) Will it be very easy for me to get internships? given my work experience and the major/minors I'm pursing.
All in all, I understand Ivey & Queens are the go-to schools in Canada. Almost everyone knows that Schulich isn't as great BUT nonetheless Schulich is a top 5 school in Canada. BUT if you guys still say that being at Ivey would be a better option regardless of what was stated above, I'll be open to transferring.
Below I attached a visual representation for what I said above: 
yah like none of that matters that much. proll still better off at a target school. also ur planned internship experience say commercial RE than Corp. PE
What do you mean exactly by "also ur planned internship experience say commercial RE than Corp. PE" The real estate work experience is by business while i'm in school.
The issue with going to ivey/queen's is that I'm giving up alot of money ($100K+) by going. Its basically financial suicide.
I mean yes the financial considerations are spot on, and you seem totally smart enough to make it at a schulich. the target schools do make it considerably easier per incremental candidate intelligence but look you’ve got a good road map and you seem to have your mind made up tbh.
york kids are doing well and i’ll forecast will keep doing better and who knows where the placements will be by the time ur in 3rd year
You will be much better off at Ivey/Queens. Idk how you'd be able to land internships at Bain or Northleaf Capital if you choose to study at Schulich or UofT. MBB takes very few from UofT. That being said, if you qualify for diversity programs, it might not matter that much.
Thanks for the reply! Much to think about. I was dead set on Schulich previously because it has a great rep, and location but not good enough I guess. Also because I'll be graduating with a good amount of money invested (thus pursing private equity or IB won't be about the annual compensation as much to me).
A tough decision indeed.
I was also under the assumption that my work experience + my Educational background is greater than the average Joe at Ivey or Queens - I guess that too was a bias I had.
A bit unfortunate but you'd be surprised how much firms value target school brands. If you're not from target schools, you need to have a very strong network to even get interviews. What makes it worse is that most of the spots are for target school kids and you're competing against lots of competent candidates for 1 or 2 remaining spots.
Fair point BUT Isn't Schulich a target Or semi target? As I was going through their annual report they have stated some reputable firms that come for recruitment. Ex: Greenhill & Co. , Accenture, RBC Capital Markets, and BMO , UBS, & Jefferies were listed.
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