Rotman School MBA Student Emphasizes the Value of School Location
If you’re trying to decide where to go to school for your MBA, Kristina Koch, an MBA student at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, has some advice. In a recent blog post, she revealed that your MBA experience is intrinsically tied to the location of your school. Continue reading…
Rotman Becomes First Canadian School to Partner with LGBT Advocacy Group
If you’re looking for a diverse student body, welcoming of every gender, age, sexuality, and ethnicity, look no further than the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Earlier this year, Rotman became the first Canadian business school to partner formally with the U.S.-based LGBT advocacy group, Reaching Out MBA (ROMBA). As a commitment to the organization, Rotman created two new fellowships for exceptional LGBT spokespeople and leaders. Continue reading…
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…
3 Rotman Professors Ranked as Leading Management Thinkers by Thinkers50
When it comes to leading management thinkers, University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has the top professors not just in Canada but in the world. For the second ranking in a row, Rotman was the only Canadian university to have professors end up on the Thinkers50 ranking. But Rotman didn’t just have one professor: three faculty members with the Martin Prosperity Institute (MPI) were placed on the Thinkers50 ranking on November 9—and two professors ranked in the top ten. 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…
McMaster Ranks Among Canada’s Top 10 Research Universities
On October 15, the 2015 Research Infosource Inc. rankings released Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities. The study reviewed the sponsored research income for the 2013 and 2014 years and examined the percent change year-over-year. The number of faculty members were then taken into account to disclose which Canada Universities have the highest research budget per faculty member. In addition, the study reviewed corporate research income and research intensity. Continue reading…
