In response to requests from some students for some contextual data to help them understand their level of performance, please refer to the grade statistics for the first 2 integrated case memos.
Westlake Lanes
Average 75.11%
Median 74%
Minimum 67%
Maximum 87.5%
Standard Deviation 4.57
Savage Beast
Average 75.44%
Median 76%
Minimum 20%
Maximum 89%
Standard Deviation 7.60
Please note the Murray Carlson has provided us with an updated module outline for BAFI 500 Corporate Finance, which you will all be taking in P2.
Murray has changed the reading materials and the assessment, so please ensure you are referring to this updated outline when purchasing your course materials. The main difference is that there will now be a final exam in lieu of the book report. Any questions about this should be directed to Murray Carlson: murray.carlson@sauder.ubc.ca.
Tom McCormick has also now supplied us with his outline for BASC 550 Operations & Logistics.
All the presentations from today’s workshop on the Career Tracks have now been posted on your Connect site:
Connect > myMBA Program > Tracks & Modules > Career Tracks
The National Investment Banking Competition is focused on providing a realistic, hands-on experience for students interested in pursuing careers in finance and investment banking. Since 2007, the top undergraduate and MBA students from across North America have participated in NIBC and learned skills that are crucial to success in the finance industry.
Over the past 5 years, NIBC has grown to become a unique, prestigious and important event for students trying to gain relevant, technical experience. Last year, 156 teams from 39 universities across North America, such as Richard Ivey, The University of Toronto, Wharton, Chicago Booth, and UBC competed for a prize pool of $10,000.
National Investment Banking Competition 2014 Key Information:
– The deadline to register a team is October 4th, 2013, after which the Preliminary Case will be disseminated
– Teams can either be three or four members and can register at NIBC.ca
– Refer to the Competition Fact Sheet and Competition Prospectus for more information.
– $15,000 prize pool awarded to winning teams
– Separate MBA and undergraduate competition divisions
About the Competition:
The Competition consists of a Preliminary Round and a Final Round, with cases prepared by investment banking professionals to closely reflect the work of analysts and associates at investment banks. The top 15 MBA teams and top 25 undergraduate teams are chosen from the Preliminary Round to compete in the Final Round for a $15,000 prize pool.
NIBC’s objective in designing the case and competition process is to provide students with an authentic investment banking experience. The Organizing Team works closely with the Case Committee to create a competition that focuses on real-life transactions involving publicly listed companies. Participation in NIBC will provide hands-on experience and insight into the daily responsibilities of both junior and senior investment bankers. These responsibilities include analysis of financial data, running scenarios in financial models, evaluating structural alternatives against client parameters, creating pitch books, and presenting to senior management. The Competition culminates in a live pitch by finalist teams to Managing Directors of leading North American investment banks.
We are excited to announce the complete team lists for the three remaining locations. To come to the newly assigned teams, we deleted Nairobi from the rankings you provided earlier and maintained the commitment to have participants assigned to their first or second choices, while respecting the new capacity constraints that we negotiated with the partner schools. Any additional spots were assigned via a lottery drawn by one of your class ombudsmen.
An example of the re-ranking would be:
Please wait to hear from our office with regards to next steps before making any travel arrangements.
We look forward to meeting in our new and more robust teams on October 26th!
Registration for the Period 2 Track-specific mini-modules opens Thursday, October 3, at 2pm. You can download a copy of the P1-P5 schedule in Connect in the Schedules & Registration tab in myMBA Program, and it’s also on your Current Students website. Registration on Thursday is only for the P2 mini-modules, registration for P3-P5 will occur in November.
All students have already been registered in the following for P2:
Students must self-register to take 3 out of 4 of the following Track-specific mini-modules:
*A note on the BA 541 Consulting and Strategic Management sections:
The track-specific mini-modules you choose to take above will begin to narrow down your choice of which Career Track you can complete. Your choices in P2 will narrow your track options to 3: the 3 Career Tracks related to the mini-modules above.
You will have time to change your mind – registration is ongoing and you can change your elective choices right up until the 1st week of P2. You will learn more about the Career Tracks at the information session on September 27th.
Registration Instructions: You can register for modules by logging into the SSC with your CWL. There are video tutorials at the bottom left side of the SSC website to guide you on how to register for modules. It is a good idea to log into the SSC ahead of time to familiarize yourself with this process so that you are prepared to register on October 3.
SSC Registration video: https://secure.students.ubc.ca/help/AddCourses_demo_video.swf
Waitlists – If the section you want is full, please email askmba@sauder.ubc.ca to get on the waitlist. Students do change their minds as to which module or section they prefer to take, and as seats open up in the full sections we will fill them from the waitlist.
If you have any questions about registration please contact askmba@sauder.ubc.ca
Posted on behalf of Ian Christie – Director, Graduate Career Services
This is a reminder that your final resume is due for 8:00 am on Friday, October 4th, 2013.
This should include your revisions based on feedback from Mary/Rodrigo. If you need until 8:00 am on Monday October 7th , you may do so ONLY if you email your coach and advise them beforehand. However, we picked Friday October 4th so that you could have this task completed and off your plate prior to exam week.
Once we have all resumes in, we will be approving them in COOL and we will be in position to publish the class resume book.
Thank you!
A friendly reminder that our first Business Plan Workshop will be held tomorrow!
Mandatory Business Plan Workshop #1
Date: Thurs, Sept 26
Time: 5-9pm
Location: Swing Space Building – Room 221 (5 minutes walk from the Henry Angus Building)
As the schedule for the workshop is looking very tight, there will not be a full supper break. We kindly advise all students to eat a hearty meal in advance of the 5:00pm start and bring a light snack with you.
Please note the 3 approved business plan proposals that we have now posted on Connect > myUBC MBA 2015 > myIPD > BA 504 (3.0) Integration & Professional Development: Foundation > Business Plan Project > Business Plan Proposals.
You are welcome to select one of the proposals for your Business Plan Project focus. Please note that we manage the requests on a first-come-first serve basis. Should you be interested, you can reserve the proposal by emailing askmba@sauder.ubc.ca with your team number (please click here for this information).
Should the proposal you desire be taken, you can request to be placed on a waiting list and we will let you know as soon as it becomes available. The proposal will also be marked as “TAKEN” on Connect when it is not available anymore.
It is important to note that teams do not contact the client before securing the proposal and receiving confirmation from askmba@sauder.ubc.ca.
A few of your have enquired about the presentation that you need to prepare for this Thursday’s Business Plan Project workshop #1.
Please note that the topic you are presenting is just in general based on your reading of chapter 1 of the Business Model Generation Book and not related to the topic of your business plan project.
Should you have any questions, please direct them to askmba@sauder.ubc.ca.