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In this section, current and prospective MBA students share their experiences. Classes, career forums, internships, career treks, off-campus activities and family life all fit in the Student’s Corner.

Trust the Process: How Coaching helped me in my MBA

August 20, 2020 by Camille Chow • Career Development, Student Life • Leave a Comment

In this post, Margherita Guerra (MBA Class of 2021) reflects on her first year and explains how coaching from our CDC team supported her learning journey in the MBA.  Can you please tell us more about yourself? I can’t say I grew up aware of it, but I did grow up in a multicultural family….

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Lessons Learnt in Quarantine

July 16, 2020July 17, 2020 by Chris Coraggio • Student Life • Leave a Comment

Over the past few months, a group of IESE MBA Class of 2021 students led a research study named “Project COVID Mirror” that sought to understand the impacts of COVID on the IESE Class of 2021, as well as their reflections around how they coped with the quarantine, what they learned and what they hope…

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Dear Incoming Class of 2022…

July 9, 2020 by Sandeep Yella • Admissions, Student Life • Leave a Comment

The above quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of my favorites and closely related to my definition of leadership. I would recommend every student of IESE’s incoming class of 2022 to “Forge your own IESE experience,” and find their own path. This post is inspired by my own IESE experience and I hope that…

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Vision 2020: How to make the most out of your first year

June 5, 2020 by Divya Gundlapalli • Student Life • Leave a Comment

29th May 2020: My first year at IESE has just concluded. Much has transpired since my last reflection in December 2019. I added several experiences to my backpack, some I dreamed of and others, unintentionally and maybe even unwillingly at first: Secured my Amazon Summer internship – I recall writing exactly this as a career…

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The journey of a lifetime continues…

May 22, 2020 by Amaka Ndubisi • Student Life • Leave a Comment

15th May 2020 marks the official end of the MBA for the IESE Class of 2020. I look out of my window here in Pedralbes Barcelona and smile wistfully. It would have been a bright sunny day at the North campus of IESE, filled with the smiling faces of the class of 2020, bobbing red…

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