Ivey Mba

[Trotamundo]

Dear All:

This thread is aimed at applicants interested in the Ivey MBA program for entry in 2009 and beyond. An excellent way to start is by reading Pagalguy´s interview to Ms. Niki Healy, Director of Admissions of the school. You can access the full interview here. Please feel free to share your profiles, comments, doubts and any other information that could be helpful. Best regards

Trotamundo (Peruvian Guru)

PS. Although I have requested change of password and contacted the admin. via email it has been impossible to access my former account. I will keep signing with this new nick though my identity will remain as Peruvian Guru. Thanks Allwin and the PG team for featuring the Ivey MBA!

PS2. If admins require contacting me via email please do so before banning me entirely from the thread!

[demandez]

Trotamundo,
Thank you for starting this thread and I am glad that you are interested in attending Ivey.

I’ve been working as Oracle Applications Database Administrator for the past three years and would be attending the Ivey MBA starting May 2009. (I’ll have 4 years by then).

My profile: Indian/25/Male/730 GMAT/Very Low GPA/4 years workex/BITS Pilani/Oracle/Lot of Extra currics

Useful information for Ivey aspirants:

1. Ivey MBA - Inside out:

• In Class
  • Experimental learning
    • Professor is a facilitator
    • Each class is a debate
    • Focus is always on decision-making and action
  • Case Method
    • Dress rehearsal show for Real Life
    • Analyze data, develop alternatives, make and defend recommendations and experience the outcomes
    • Three levels of learning: Individual preparation, Diverse learning team and classroom debate guided by professor
    • Perfectly aligned with Management Consulting perspectives (case interview, for example)
    • 400+ case studies in one year
    • Second largest producer of cases, only next to Harvard and largest producer of Asian cases
    • Involuntary leadership development
  • Cross Enterprise Leadership
    • Broad based, Cross-functional and innovative curriculum
    • Team teaching for cross enterprise cases
    • Ivey Cross-Enterprise Field Project/ Ivey Consulting Project/ New venture projects
    • Cross Enterprise Leadership has more to do with entrepreneurial thinking
  • Students
    • Diverse backgrounds: lawyers, engineers, consultants, accountants, communicators, health care professionals, teachers, international students, and more...
  • Astounding faculty
  • 1 year MBA
  • Small class size (around 70 per intake)
• Career Management
  • Great prospects in Management Consulting
  • Career management integrated with curriculum, right from day one
  • For credit courses on career management: expect to see case studies on career management
  • Wonderful career management team
  • Relationship Managers for 1x1 guidance
  • Career Leader – career development tool
  • Classes, clinics, in-class workshops, one-on-one coaching, etc
  • Networking events
• Alumni
  • 20,000+ Alumni; 70+ Alumni clubs; 37+ countries
  • Alumni partnership program – students are strategically matched with Ivey graduates, helping students develop career plans
  • 1 in 4 hold the title of Chair, President, CEO, Vice-President or Managing Director/Partner in his or her company
  • Alumni assist in conducting preliminary off-campus student interviews, as part of international recruitment campaign
• International opportunities
  • International study trip
  • Leader program
  • China teaching project
• Incredible reputation in Canada; Six decades of management education
• Ranking
  • Financial Times Global MBA ranking : 53rd overall
  • Financial Times Global MBA ranking: 6th in General management
  • Wall street Journal: #12 among the top 25 internationally focused business schools
  • Business Week: #2 among the schools outside US
• Extra Professional/Curricular Activities
  • Case competitions
    • IBK Capital Ivey Business Plan Competition
    • AT Kearney
    • Mercury Venture Challenge
    • Thunderbird Global Innovation Challenge
  • Ivey Connects
  • Ivey Builds
  • The Ivey Green
  • Ivey Clubs
    • Consulting Club, Finance Club, Industry & Marketing Club, Entrepreneur Club, Alternative Energy Club, Golf Club, Hockey Club, Ivey Rugby, MBA Association, Student Ambassadors, Wine Tasting Club, Global Village, Women in Management and more
  • Pierre L. Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship

2. Ivey related Links (here)

School Website
Richard Ivey School of Business - MBA Degree, HBA Degree, PhD and Executive MBA Program

Facebook Ivey MBA program Office Page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/London...9917311?ref=ts

From my Blog
Why Ivey
A Run...: Why Ivey

Items labeled Ivey
A Run...: Ivey


A day in the life of an Ivey MBA student
A Run...: A day in the life of an Ivey mba student

Ivey MBA Blogs
Ivey MBA Recruiting & Admissions Blog
What's Up @ Ivey
ivey2008.blogspot.com
totalenthu.blogspot.com
journeybacktoschool.blogspot.com
Adventures in B-School (MBA)
Ivey and the Oracle
Ivey MBA 2009
Chasing My Tail

Wikipedia Link
Richard Ivey School of Business - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Business Week Profile
FULL TIME MBA Profile: BusinessWeek

Pagalguy Forums
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/intern...ba-2008-a.html (Ivey Mba 2008)

Pagalguy Interview with Dean, Admissions
http://www.pagalguy.com/index.php?categoryid=51&p2_articleid=1287

Business Week Forums
BW Business Schools
http://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=bw-bschools&tid=65943
http://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=bw-bschools&tid=61763
http://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=bw-bschools&tid=71598
http://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?sr=y&msg=66797.1&nav=messages&webtag=bw-bschools
http://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=bw-bschools&tid=72754
http://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=bw-bschools&tid=73468

Ivey Business Journal
Ivey Business Journal Online

3. Notable Ivey alumni:

• Kym Anthony, Former Chairman & CEO, TD Securities, Canada
• Paul Atkinson, CEO & Chairman, Casero Inc., Canada
• Thomas Bailey, Founder, Janus Capital, USA
• E. Scott Beattie , Chairman / CEO, Elizabeth Arden Inc., USA
• Duncan Brown, CEO, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, Canada
• Laurie G. Campbell, Managing Director - Debt Capital Markets, Banc of America Securities LLC, USA
• Ronald D. Charles, Managing Partner, Caldwell Partners International Inc., Canada
• Henry Cheng, Managing Director, New World Development Co. Ltd., Hong Kong
• Andrew Chisholm, Managing Director - Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs & Company, USA
• George Cope, President & COO, Bell Canada, Canada
• David Cornhill, Chairman / President & CFO, AltaGas Income Trust, Canada
• Patrick Crowley, CFO, OMERS Administration Corporation, Canada
• Darin Deschamps, Managing Director - Corporate & Investment Banking, National Bank Financial, Canada
• Kirsten Feldman, Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co, USA
• Don Getty, Former Premier of Alberta, Canada
• Serge Gouin, Chairman of the Board, Quebecor Media Inc., Canada
• Steven Gunn, CEO, Sleep Country Canada, Canada
• Paul J. Hill, President & CEO, Harvard Developments Inc., Canada
• Timothy Hockey, Group Head Personal Banking & Co-Chair, TD Canada Trust, Canada
• Timothy E. Hodgson, CEO, Goldman Sachs Canada, Canada
• James Hunter, CEO, NexGen Financial LP, Canada
• Richard W. Ivey, Chairman and CEO, Ivest Corporation, Canada
• Donald Johnson, Former Vice Chairman Investment Banking, BMO Capital Markets, Canada
• Michael Kanovsky, President, Sky Energy Corporation, Canada
• David J. Kassie, Chair & CEO, Genuity Capital Markets, Canada
• Edward Kennedy, President & CEO, The North West Company, Canada
• Gar Knutson, Former Minister of Parliament, Government of Canada, Canada
• Arkadi R. Kuhlmann, Chairman / President & CEO, ING Direct USA, USA
• Louis Lagasse, Chairman, Group Lagasse, Canada
• Gilles Lamoureux, Vice-Chairman, Ernst & Young Orenda Corporate Finance Inc., Canada
• Walter LeGrow, Entrepreneur, LeGrow HR Consulting, Canada
• Stephen Lister, Managing Partner, Imperial Capital Group, Canada
• John Love, Managing Partner, KingSett Capital, Canada
• Terrence Lyons, Chairman, Northgate Minerals Corporation, Canada
• Timothy Macdonald, President, A.T. Kearney Ltd., Canada
• Christine Magee, President, Sleep Country Canada, Canada
• Chris Matthews, Chairman, Hay Group, USA
• Michael McCain, President & CEO, Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Canada
• Stephen D. McDonald, Co-Head, Scotia Capital Inc., Canada
• Donald McDougall, President, Rambri Management Inc., Canada
• Pierre Morrissette, President & CEO, Pelmorex Inc., Canada
• Michael Needham, Chairmain / President & CEO, SimEx Inc., Canada
• Richard Nesbitt, CEO, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), Canada
• Dave Nichol, Founder, President's Choice, Canada
• Robert Nourse, Founder, The Bombay Company, USA
• Kevin O'Brien, Partner, SECOR Consulting, Canada
• T. Kevin O'Leary, Managing Director / Dragon from Dragon's Den, NorthCoast Captal LLC, USA
• R. Jeffrey Orr, President & CEO, Power Financial Corporation, Canada
• Gilles Ouellette, President & CEO - Private Client Group BMO Financial Group & Vice Chairman, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Canada
• C. James Prieur, Former Corporate President and COO for SunLife Financial, CEO, Conseco Inc., USA
• Stephen Quinn, Chief Marketing Officer, Wal-Mart Inc., USA
• Bruce H. Reid, Former President & CEO, The Brick, Canada
• Larry Rosen, Chairman & CEO, Harry Rosen Inc., Canada
• Paul Sabourin, Chairman & Chief Investment Officer, Polar Securities Inc., Canada
• Heather Shaw, Executive Chair, Corus Entertainment Inc., Canada
• Joseph C. Shlesinger, Managing Director, Callisto Capital LP, Canada (former Director / Co-founder of Bain & Company Canada)
• William Shurniak, Chairman & President, Northern Gas Networks Ltd., UK
• Douglas Speers, Chairman, Emco Corporation, Canada
• V. Prem Watsa, Chairman & CEO, Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, Canada
• Andrew Wiswell, President & CEO, NAL Resources Trust, Canada
• Donald Woodley, Former President, Oracle Corporation Canada & Compaq Canada, Canada
• Lee Seng Wee, Former Chairman, Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation, Singapore

Let me know of questions that I can answer.

[lukacsdepereny]

Hi Trotamundo,

I am peruvian too and I will apply to Ivey for the fall 2009 mba session. As a matter of fact I will be visiting the school in october in order to meet Niki Healey (had a previous interview with her in Lima 2007 at the MBA tour), some teachers and be able to "live" one class day visit.

I have read you can apply for this day visit and that your expenses are remboursables, that entails air tickets, transports and accomodation up to 1200 dollars. Is this right? have you heard about it? Besides this, does Ivey focus that much as US or some canadian BS do on the GMAT Score? What do you think?

Gracias,

Lukacsdepereny

[Trotamundo]

Originally Posted by demandez

Trotamundo,
Thank you for starting this thread and I am glad that you are interested in attending Ivey.
(...)
Let me know of questions that I can answer.

Now, this is what I call a response! Dear Demandez, thx for sharing with us your extensive and useful info. It is very comprehensive and covers most of the material found about Ivey in the web.

My interest for Ivey began in 2007. Since then Ive been building up my career and will apply for entry next year. In fact Ill be taking the GMAT in November and cross my fingers to score at least 550. I am pretty confident about other parts of my profile; with humility but confidence I know it is unique and strong and hopefully it will compensate any potential GMAT failure. Lets see how it goes.

Congratulations on your admission to the program and I look forward to exchange more posts with you and other members in the future.

Godspeed

Peruvian Guru

[Trotamundo]

Originally Posted by lukacsdepereny

Hi Trotamundo,

I am peruvian too and I will apply to Ivey for the fall 2009 mba session. As a matter of fact I will be visiting the school in october in order to meet Niki Healey (had a previous interview with her in Lima 2007 at the MBA tour), some teachers and be able to "live" one class day visit.

I have read you can apply for this day visit and that your expenses are remboursables, that entails air tickets, transports and accomodation up to 1200 dollars. Is this right? have you heard about it? Besides this, does Ivey focus that much as US or some canadian BS do on the GMAT Score? What do you think?

Gracias,

Lukacsdepereny

Habla Varon, as per your request here is the relevant link. You are right, travel awards for intl. students amount CAN$1,200 and are aimed at covering travel expenses (air ticket, accomodation, etc.) There is certain criteria to be met by applicants in order to be awarded. However I find Ivey´s info quite clear; if you are a competitive applicant you can expect some money back into your account.

Regarding the GMAT, Ivey does consider this test as an important factor for admission. Unless other parts of your application are very strong, a low GMAT (<600) will complicate your chances. However, dont let this put you down. For example, Stanford and Cambridge, to mention a few, have accepted students with GMAT scores well below 550. Bottomline is that bschools will accept individuals based on overall package perception. A 4 hour exam, even as important as it can be (or pretends to be), will never compensate years of academic and professional success. If your essays, LORs, GPA, work experience and extracurriculars are strong give it a try. And of course, ace the GMAT as much as you can. Best regards

Peruvian Guru

[lukacsdepereny]

Thank u caxola. I have a very weird but interesting backround: studied in Chile Hotel Management 1997 - 2001 (double degree, 1st place in both, GPA 5,85/7,00); direct admission to study in Toulouse France Licence 2001-2002(12,05/20) + Maitrise 2002- 2003 (13,61/20), trilingual (spa, fre , eng (ielts ac 7) Internships in Santiago, Chile; Easter Island, Chile; Lima, Peru; La Paz, Bolivia.

I work for a French Worldwide Facilities Management company in Peru; job exp 5 years (Im 30) 2004 as Head of Catering on the biggest gold mine in Latin America (cajamarca, peru, remote site facilities 1800 residents providing catering services, 85 workers of my resp.); 2005 as Head of Operations in Patagonia and in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) providing catering and hostelry services for an important Argentinean oil & gas company (extreme weather conditions, 40 workers); 2005 Project Consultant for catering & hostelry services for Perus biggest Oil Refinery (Lima, Peru); 2006 Lecturer, Faculty of Hotel Management in a Peruvian University; 2006 - up to date Head of Operations in Perus 5th worldwide copper supplying mine in Ancash , Peru, (in charge of catering, hostelry, leisure and maintenance services for 2,800 residents, resp for 380 workers)

Planing to apply for a scholarship into a short term program (certificate) in Asia between feb-mar 2009. Two nationalities: Peru + Hungary & Canada (Permanent Resident)
Co-owner of a small creole retaurant in a low income district in Lima Peru; volunteer of a social program providing free catering services for 1200 poor peasant families; guitar player (self learning)

I believe that for a Peruvian its a well rounded resume due to the fact that most peruvian candidates have not got that much international experience which might give me a slight advantage. That was why I was asking about the importance of the GMAT cause I havent got too much time to study, I believe that with a 580 I could be admitted. I know a spanish journalist who entered with 480 gmat in CAMBRIDGE!!!.

Best regards,

Lukacsdepereny

[demandez]

Originally Posted by Trotamundo

Now, this is what I call a response! Dear Demandez, thx for sharing with us your extensive and useful info. It is very comprehensive and covers most of the material found about Ivey in the web.

My interest for Ivey began in 2007. Since then Ive been building up my career and will apply for entry next year. In fact Ill be taking the GMAT in November and cross my fingers to score at least 550. I am pretty confident about other parts of my profile; with humility but confidence I know it is unique and strong and hopefully it will compensate any potential GMAT failure. Lets see how it goes.

Thanks Buddy!!!

Earlier, I didn’t realize that you were the Peruvian Guru (Vajk, if I rightly remember your name). I’d been through your previous threads and you have an incredible profile. Am sure you would crack your GMAT, either. Wish you good luck.

Originally Posted by Trotamundo

Congratulations on your admission to the program and I look forward to exchange more posts with you and other members in the future.

Godspeed

Peruvian Guru

Sure, that would be my pleasure.

[lukacsdepereny]

We both peruvian brothers (Trotamundo & me) are planning to go to Ivey too but perhaps on defered sessions (may - sep).

Great school, great know-how, excellent Post MBA hiring rates, salary and international gained prestidge.

I believe most Canadian schools benefit from these concepts.

Best 4 u,

Lukacsdepereny

[demandez]

Guys, since you both are preparing for GMAT, thought I must pitch in with the following the reference archives that I created whilst preparing for my GMAT.

1. The Communique - A collection of usage related pointers

2. The Sums - A collection of arithmetic concepts for competitive examinations

You might find these useful.

[Trotamundo]

Dear Demandez, thx for sharing those notes. For sure they will help in our GMAT quest. Just PMd you my contact details. Take care!