MBA Requirements

[vette982]

Hey everyone,

I'm looking into getting an MBA. My GPA is about 3.30 in Engineering at U of T. If I do well on my GMATs (>630), will I have have a good chance at the good MBA schools in Ontario like Schulich, Queen's, or Ivey?

[flexwong]

Hey everyone,

I'm looking into getting an MBA. My GPA is about 3.30 in Engineering at U of T. If I do well on my GMATs (>630), will I have have a good chance at the good MBA schools in Ontario like Schulich, Queen's, or Ivey?

im sure most MBA programs nowadays also require you to have 2-3 years working experience before applying.

[PTMBAA]

Hey everyone,

I'm looking into getting an MBA. My GPA is about 3.30 in Engineering at U of T. If I do well on my GMATs (>630), will I have have a good chance at the good MBA schools in Ontario like Schulich, Queen's, or Ivey?


Chances are good. Schulich may take you in right after undergrad (depends on your extra-cirrculars). Many co-op MBAs (i.e. McMaster, Laurier) will also take you in as well.

[tcharged]

im sure most MBA programs nowadays also require you to have 2-3 years working experience before applying.

i don't think Brock, McMaster, Wilfred-Laurier or York require work experience

[gamer123]

is it impossible for one to get into mba if the person has a super low cgpa, say 2.5?

[anujfootmenfrenzy]

is it impossible for one to get into mba if the person has a super low cgpa, say 2.5?

2.5 is 99% impossible unless its a crappy MBA

[New User]

consider some of the online ones

at the end, an engineering and mba degrees will get you farther and i believe if you graduated from a british online mba school is the same as from one local... of course we are talking about accredited schools

when i interview people, i dont look at the school, i ask a question or two and i can basically know if the person has understood what he learned from the mba program. isn't that what is important for my company?

[RandomSanity]

is it impossible for one to get into mba if the person has a super low cgpa, say 2.5?

The cutoff for decent MBA programs is usually 3.0. There are some distance ed programs you may be able to look in to though.

[JPTN]

Requirements vary for work experience, grades, etc.

Harvard, of all schools, doesn't have explicit work experience requirements (http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/admissioncriteria.html) but you've gotta have an incredible set of extracurriculars, involvement, etc.

If you're looking for a direct-from-undergrad program, I just graduated from a Masters of Management program. It's like an MBA but without a specialization, aimed at non-business backgrounds (science, engineering, etc.)

http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/ecm/

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=bc8e3f2c-7558-4719-8d63-a2961603f604

There are a few schools now offering it.

[Qu4rk]

Schulich, min. 2 years of exp.

I am pretty sure it's same for uT and laurier.