Inside info beyond what you might have heard at the Rotman Open House

Sorry for no post last week. It’s been a pretty standard routine as of late so not much new to add as of late. Today was the Rotman Open House where prospective students come to the school and learn about Rotman. So I wanted to share with you some of the things I’ve learned about Rotman since I started:
- I was told all corporate recruiting for us MBAs is completely separate from the undergrads. However in several corporate info sessions, there have been several undergrads present. From the recruiter’s standpoint, I understand why they prefer this since they only need to come to campus once. However admissions people, get your facts straight, please.
-I was told if Rotman doesn’t have a relationship with a specific company that you are interested in, the Corporate Connections Centre (CCC) will go and create that relationship to help you get a job. No chance. I’m not really sure how the CCC builds its corporate network but if you want to work at Nike for example (which the CCC has no relationship with), you have to do all of the networking work yourself.
-Expect very variable service from the CCC. Each student is assigned a CCC staff member to act as basically their career coach to help with everything from figuring out what you want to do with your life to writing cover letters. Depending on who your coach is, you might have the best experience in the world or the worst.
-There is a good reason why if you did an undergrad in commerce you don’t get credit for any of the classes you took. I have a B.Comm and maybe 90% (or more) of what I have learned thus far at Rotman is all-new. So you are definitely getting your money’s worth academically speaking.

If I can think of anything else, I’ll add it to this post. Or you can always feel free to post any questions on comments below in the comment box.