How To Respond to a Constructive Criticism Essay
It’s easy to talk about yourself—to tell someone what you do well. However, the flip side is not nearly as easy or as comfortable to discuss. Whether you’re in a job interview and a future employer is asking you, “What is your greatest weakness?” or you’re applying for an MBA program and one of your essays is a constructive criticism essay (“Describe the most important piece of constructive feedback you have received recently”), talking about how you need to and can improve is difficult. If you’re applying for University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management or a similar program, this type of essay is not something you can skip. So, what do you do? Continue reading…
Rotman Team Wins Regional A.T. Kearney Global Prize Competition
For the past 19 years, A.T. Kearney has hosted an annual prestigious strategy case competition for the world’s top business schools. The competition asks teams to tackle a simulated engagement of a real client challenge and come up with an actionable strategic solution that provides real value. For the second time in three years, the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management team of Full-Time MBA students won the North American leg of the competition. Continue reading…
How to Succeed at Your MBA Interview: Video Interviews
So far in our MetroMBA interview series, we’ve talked about the MBA interview process with Niki da Silva, the Managing Director of the Full-Time MBA at University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. She discussed the technicalities of the interview process and what an applicant needs to succeed. We also briefly discussed the difference between open vs. invited interviews. Continue reading…
Rotman School of Management Ranked #1 MBA in Canada
When Canadian Business completed their first comprehensive reputational survey of MBA programs in Canada, it was no surprise that the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto was ranked as the No. 1 MBA in Canada. The Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business at Queen’s University and the Ivey Business School at Western University ranked a close second and third, respectively. Continue reading…
University of Toronto and Rotman School Are Getting a Facelift
The downtown campus at the University of Toronto, home to the Rotman School of Management, is getting an update. Four designs were completed as part of the Landscape of Landmark Quality design competition. The goal of the project was to redirect the focus of the campus to be more about people and less about cars.
Currently, King’s College Circle is home to a multitude of tour buses and delivery vans. Instead of being a bustling area where university students can congregate, the Circle is basically a parking lot. The four new designs take the misused space and transform the landscape into an inviting green space that will not only serve as a venue for ceremonies and convocation but as a central hub of the campus. The proposals are all bold and expensive, likely taking years and costing millions to complete, but there is a vital need for the update.
Each design focuses on bringing nature back to the University of Toronto campus. The keys were to create inviting sight lines to and from Convocation Hall and toward CN Tower and to incorporate trees as well as bring back the Taddle Creek waterway, which was dammed in 1859.
To be chosen, each design was required to meet certain basic criteria:
- Surface parking from King’s College Circle, Hart House Circle, and Tower Road had to be eliminated.
- Traffic had to be limited, and service vehicle access needed to be discrete.
- Designs were also encouraged to improve the pedestrian experience and identify urban migratory routes across the University of Toronto Campus.
- Finally, the designs had to create a green space with added tree cover that would provide public spaces for the campus to congregate.
All design entries can be viewed here, and the public is invited to provide feedback. The winner will be selected in November.
Rotman Announces New Financial Risk Management Program
The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto will launch a new financial risk management program for graduate students. The new Master of Financial Risk Management program at Rotman is designed for recent graduates who have possess strong quantitative skills due to their undergraduate background. This is an eight-month program that will train students for future careers in the risk management and trading industry.
Students in the program have the opportunity to receive a scholarship from the Global Risk Institute in Financial Services, as well as participate in activities sponsored by the GRI that will connect program participants with industry experts. Students in this program will also have access to the BMO Financial Group Finance aResearch and Trading Lab, which gives students access to financial resources and hands on training in a variety of topics.
