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Published: December 18, 2024

Real Humans of University of Toronto Rotman’s MBA Class of 2026

We head to the University of Toronto to meet some new MBA students in the Rotman School of Management Class of 2026 in this Real Humans: MBA Students. The new Toronto Rotman MBA class numbers 271 students. Forty-two percent are women and 58 percent hail from outside of Canada. During their undergraduate years, 35 percent had majored in business/commerce. Another 16 percent earned degrees in engineering while 14 percent studied economics. Nine percent had majored in applied sciences and seven percent in life sciences. Toronto Rotman MBAs matriculated with an average of five years Read more

Published: September 22, 2024

The Week Ahead: MBA Admissions Deadlines, September 23-27, 2024

Welcome back to the series, The Week Ahead, in which we provide a brief rundown of what is happening in MBA admissions this week! Round 1 is Underway! The 2024-2025 MBA admissions season is now underway. Monday, September 23, Imperial College has its Round 1 application deadline. Wednesday, September 25, Toronto / Rotman has its Round 1 application deadline. Thursday, September 26, Dartmouth / Tuck and IESE have their Round 1 application deadlines. How “The Wires” Can Help Visit MBA LiveWire for the latest “buzz” about MBA admissions, including interview invitations and decision notifications. There are 5 Ways MBA LiveWire Helps Read more

Published: August 29, 2024

Weekly Refresh: Latest MBA Essay Questions, Analyzed – Plus Deadlines & Rec Forms

We’re back with another Weekly Refresh, in which we list this week’s admissions advice and updates on the Clear Admit site. Essay Tips Drafting your application essays? See the latest of our experts’ advice in our Essay Topic Analysis. The following schools recently released their essays—click for our advice: Boston College / Carroll Florida Warrington Georgia Tech Scheller Rochester Simon Toronto / Rotman USC Marshall Deadlines Released See the admissions deadlines that have rolled out: Georgia Tech Scheller Rochester Simon SMU Cox Read more

Published: August 15, 2024

Weekly Refresh: Latest MBA Essay Questions, Analyzed – Plus Deadlines & Rec Forms

We’re back with another Weekly Refresh, in which we list this week’s admissions advice and updates on the Clear Admit site. Essay Tips Drafting your application essays? See the latest of our experts’ advice in our Essay Topic Analysis. The following schools recently released their essays—click for our advice: ASU Carey Babson Olin CEIBS CMU Tepper Esade Florida Warrington HEC Paris Maryland Smith Minnesota Carlson The Ohio State Fisher Deadlines Released See the admissions deadlines that have rolled out: ASU Carey Babson Olin CEIBS Read more

Published: August 14, 2024

MBA Degrees & Majors with a STEM Designation

The past few years have seen a surge in business schools that run MBA programs with a STEM designation. MBAs, that is, that are now classified as a science, technology, engineering or mathematics degree. The new STEM MBA designation is promising students a multitude of new opportunities – but what is it, really? Read on to find out what a STEM MBA is, which schools offer it, and what this all might mean for you. What Is a STEM MBA? The structure of a STEM MBA is relatively simple. The foundational knowledge and core concepts of Read more

Published: July 17, 2024

Admissions Director Q&A: Mohammad Salhia of Toronto Rotman

We visit Canada in this Admissions Director Q&A to meet Mohammad Salhia, the Managing Director, Recruitment, Admissions and Business Development at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management. Prior to joining Rotman, Mohammad spent his career working in healthcare, predominantly focusing on education strategy and operations in the health professions. He was previously a Director of Continuing Education. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Science and a Master of Education, both from the University of Toronto. Mohammad is currently a PhD student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Read more

Published: February 12, 2024

Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Percentage of Women MBA Students

Over the past decade, the percentage of women MBA students has been on the rise across leading business schools. USC Marshall was the first leading business school to achieve gender parity while others have achieved or continue to strive for that benchmark. The Forté Foundation has also consistently reported that women are either gaining or holding their ground on b-school campuses–and, most recently, reported record highs. Look at the chart below to see the percentage of female MBA students at leading business schools around the Read more

Published: October 9, 2023

Real Humans of Toronto Rotman’s MBA Class of 2025

In this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students, we head to Canada to meet some new members of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management Class of 2025. 284 students matriculated in the Rotman Class of 2025. Seventy percent of students are international, representing 41 passport regions. Women make up nearly half the class, at 49 percent. Eight percent identify as LGBTQ+ and 10 percent as Black or Indigenous. During their undergraduate years, new Rotman students earned an average GPA of 3.6. Thirty-five percent had majored in business/commerce followed by 20 percent in Read more

Published: August 17, 2023

Weekly Refresh: Latest MBA Essay Questions, Analyzed – Plus Deadlines & Rec Forms

Welcome to Weekly Refresh, a roundup of admissions advice and updates on the Clear Admit site. In this edition, we round up the essays, recommendation questions and deadlines from the week of August 14th, 2023. Essay Tips Drafting your application essays? See the latest of our experts’ advice in our Essay Topic Analysis. The following schools recently released their essays—click for our advice: Babson Olin UNC Kenan-Flagler Deadlines Released See the admissions deadlines that have rolled out: Babson Olin You can also bookmark our Read more

Published: June 27, 2023

Admissions Director Q&A: Imran Kanga of Toronto Rotman

Get a closer look into MBA admissions at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management with Director of Recruitment and Admissions Imran Kanga in this edition of our Admissions Director Q&A series. Imran’s motivation to join Rotman stemmed its culture of community and collaboration inherent in the students, faculty and staff there. Rotman’s focus on students’ academic and career success as well as being a catalyst for positive change is what drew Imran to Rotman. With almost a decade of experience in higher education, Read more

Published: June 19, 2023

Real Humans of J&J: Peter Zhang, Toronto Rotman PharmD/MBA ’22, Marketing Associate

In this edition of Real Humans: Alumni, Marketing Associate Peter Zhang reflects on his time at Toronto Rotman, where he earned an MBA as well as a Doctor of Pharmacy. Read on for how the dynamic school and community supported his current work at Johnson & Johnson. Peter Zhang, Toronto Rotman PharmD/MBA ’22, Marketing Associate at Johnson & Johnson Age: 27 Hometown: Thornhill Undergraduate Institution and Major: University of Toronto, Immunology & Human Biology Graduate Business School, Graduation Year and Concentration (if applicable): Rotman School of Management, 2022, Combined Read more

Published: November 1, 2022

Real Humans of Toronto Rotman’s MBA Class of 2024

We head to Canada to meet some new members of the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management’s MBA Class of 2024 in this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students. 275 students matriculated at Rotman in the fall of 2022. Women comprise 45 percent of the class and 65 percent are international. Nine percent identify as Black or indigenous. During their undergraduate years, Toronto Rotman MBAs averaged a GPA of 3.6. The most common undergraduate degree was in business/commerce at 31 percent. A quarter hold degrees in engineering and 11 percent had studied economics. Read more

Published: November 28, 2021

Forté Foundation Celebrates Record Women’s MBA Enrollment on 20th Anniversary

The Forté Foundation is kicking off its 20th anniversary by celebrating the findings of its most recent research report. In the fall of 2021, women’s MBA enrollment reached 41%, exceeding the 40% milestone the foundation had been hoping would be met in 2020. Forté’s research has revealed impressive gains in the effort to close the gender gap in MBA programs. For the first time, three business schools—The George Washington University School of Business, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Read more

Published: October 24, 2021

Toronto Rotman Interview Questions & Report: Early Application Round / Adcom / Zoom

The conversation was very easy going, we spent about 5 minutes talking about the latest happenings/news in our area. I did a pre-application meeting before (with the same Adcom member), so the Adcom member did not ask me to run through my resume because I already did in the earlier meeting. Interview questions include: 1. Why Rotman? 2. What are your post-MBA goals? 3. Tell me about a time when you had to put your goals aside for the better of others. 4. Tell me about a time when you fostered Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Read more

Published: July 18, 2021

Toronto Rotman Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Microsoft Teams

The interviewer asked me to keep my answers succinct and related to only latest experience in my life (both personal and professional). All of the questions and follow ups got completed in 30 minutes. The questions asked were: Can you walk me through your resume? Why did you choose your line of work? Why did you leave/stick with it ? What are your biggest achievements in your latest career growth? After having worked for X years, what got you excited for your MBA? What are the post-MBA goals that you have? And why? If you Read more

Published: February 14, 2021

Toronto Rotman Takes Steps to Combat Systemic Racism with New Course, Conference

The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management launched two initiatives this month to proactively fight anti-Black systemic racism in Canadian business. New MBA Course The Rotman School’s MBA curriculum introduced the first Black entrepreneurship and leadership course in Canada. The school developed the course in partnership with the Canadian Council of Business Leaders Against Anti-Black Systemic Racism’s BlackNorth Initiative. It is an effort to combat anti-Black systemic racism in Corporate Canada. The course is open to MBA students, emerging young black leaders across Canada, and members of the business community. Many of the course’s case Read more

Published: November 18, 2020

Forté Foundation Report Reveals Women Holding Their Ground in MBA Programs

Women, disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic at work, are poised to be at the forefront of the coming recovery. The Forté Foundation has released a report indicating that, despite conditions that have widened the gender gap in the worldwide economy, enrollment of women in its member schools' MBA programs held its ground. Read more

Published: January 26, 2020

Toronto / Rotman Interview Questions & Report: R2 / Adcom / Skype

I had the interview through Skype with an Adcom member. The interview was quite relaxed and the adcom member was very friendly. He’s someone I am familiar with. I had a conversation with him through Skype in September 2019 when I was researching schools to apply to, and I interacted with him again briefly during the MBA Tour. Here are some of the questions that he asked which I remember; What can you tell me about your resume after undergraduate? When did you develop an interest in Rotman, and why Canada? Which other schools are you applying to? What is Read more

Published: April 16, 2019

MBA News You Need: Judge MBAs Talk Tech Careers, LBS MBA Application Tips, Cornell Johnson MBAs Recognized for Leadership, and More From Tuck and Yale

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print and provide a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top business schools around the world. Here’s your MBA News You Need digest for the week of April 15, 2019. Read more

Published: April 2, 2019

MBA News You Need: Wharton, Dartmouth Tuck, and Yale SOM Discuss Admissions, Harvard Announces Class Day Speaker, and Rotman News

Published: November 18, 2018

Real Humans of Rotman’s MBA Class of 2020

“The need for change is real, and the blueprints are already in process. One of the most distinctive blueprints being developed is at the Rotman School.” – Lane Wallace, The New York Times The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has staked a claim as one of Canada’s top-tier business schools with a diverse student population that reflects Toronto’s mélange of global cultures. As a world-renowned institution that has cultivated business leaders since 1950, one might expect Rotman’s programs to have a rarefied air around them—keen to preserve the past at the expense of finding new Read more

Published: May 9, 2018

MBA News You Need: UNC Kenan-Flagler Supports Alumni Entrepreneurs, MBAs Talk Paris as Corporate Hotspot, HBS Names Class Day Speaker, and More

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print and provide a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of May 10, 2018. Read more

Published: April 11, 2018

MBA News You Need: Yale SOM Doubles Student-Led Conferences, HBS Professors Discuss U.S./China Trade War, Cryptocurrency Curriculum Explosion, and More

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print to give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of April 12, 2018. Yale SOM Student-Led Conferences More Than Double in Five Years Over the last five years, Yale SOM students have been on a conference-hosting blitz. Five years ago, students hosted five conferences over the course of the year. This year that number has more than doubled, to 12. The success of these conferences is due in part Read more

Published: January 8, 2018

MBA ApplyWire Spotlight: Business School from the Hospitality Industry

As many Round 1 candidates report their decisions, others are posting their Round 2 application plans to ApplyWire, Clear Admit’s latest tool to aid in your admissions process. This week, we’re setting the spotlight on a candidate with a background in hospitality. We take a closer look at their plans in applying to Georgetown / McDonough, Northwestern / Kellogg, Toronto / Rotman, UCLA Anderson and USC / Marshall. Read on for more details about the candidate’s background. Read more

Published: November 29, 2017

UT Rotman Promotes Financial Innovation with New Hub

Thanks to a recently announced partnership, the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management will be able to offer new initiatives for students and faculty in the area of financial innovation. The new Rotman Financial Innovation Hub in Advanced Analytics (Rotman FinHub) will encourage research in financial innovation as well as support unique learning opportunities for students in the MBA, Master of Finance, and Master of Financial Risk Management programs. Read more

Toronto / Rotman

Class Size: 271

Women: 42%

Mean GMAT: 675

% International: 58%

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December 21, 2024 12:13pm ET

Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Northwestern / Kellogg, UPenn / Wharton, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Military/Corporate Logistics

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey

GRE: 302

GPA: 3.63

Years of Work Experience: 9

Notes:

Submitting for R2, but retaking GRE after application deadline. Military Vet with Corporate experience.

December 20, 2024 5:17pm ET

Applying: Columbia, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Healthcare

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG

GRE: 332

GPA: 3.5

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: Florida

Post MBA Location: Consulting

Notes:

25F, lgbtq, 3 years as a registered nurse. also have started working for an early stage VC in the past several months.

December 19, 2024 4:44pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Stanford GSB

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Insurance

Post-MBA Target Industry: Entrepreneurship

GRE: 318

GPA: 3.59

Years of Work Experience: 3.5

Location: Georgia

Post MBA Location: Southeast

Notes:

Looking to launch a tech startup post MBA, without any background in tech. Come from a quant heavy background and undergraduate coursework. I regularly attended admissions events, in person and online at my schools. I hope that focusing energy on my few top schools and spending a lot of time on essays will help me overcome the less than average test score (164 quant 154 verbal) and GPA.

Serial entrepreneur with a history of profitable small businesses. Was promoted twice in 3.5 years. Involved in many extracurricular activities in and outside of work. My background is very centered around financial services/insurance, is this a red flag for a pivot to Tech Entrepreneurship?

Transferred between two state schools in the southeast. School I graduated from is a top 25 undergrad business program. Obtained a few professionals designations post grad.

December 18, 2024 11:38am ET

Applying: Michigan / Ross, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Vanderbilt / Owen

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Held various positions in Finance and Accounting in a healthcare institution

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Other Companies: BCG , Deloitte , Other

GPA: 3.0

Years of Work Experience: 11

Location: International

Notes:

I am passionate about healthcare enhancing patient quality care. So exploring in that field is what I would love. Got a 72k scholarship from Vandy and named Forte Fellow. UNC 50k. I'm having a hard time deciding though my heart is leaning towards Owen

December 18, 2024 10:23am ET

Applying: Arizona State / W.P. Carey, Indiana / Kelley, Ohio State / Fisher

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Facility management

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting

GRE: 309

GPA: 2.8

Years of Work Experience: 3

Notes:

Graduate GPA -3.869

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December 21, 2024 8:37am ET

Accepted to Duke / Fuqua

Round: Round 1

Received via phone on December 11, 2024

GMAT: 675

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

December 21, 2024 2:38am ET

Waitlisted at Duke / Fuqua

Round: Round 1

Received via phone on December 10, 2024

GPA: 3.27

GMAT: 760

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: CA

December 20, 2024 11:16pm ET

Accepted to Babson / Olin

Round: Round 1

Received via email on December 17, 2024

GPA: 3.9

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: South Asia

December 20, 2024 7:50pm ET

Accepted to Columbia

Round: Round 1

Received via portal on December 10, 2024

GMAT: 750

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Application Location: India

Note:

$100k scholarship

December 20, 2024 3:21pm ET

Accepted to Yale SOM

Round: Round 1

Received via email December 20, 2024

GPA: 4.0

GMAT: 750

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Note:

100% scholarship

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