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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.

Why doing an MBA at IESE Business School was the best decision of my life!

May 15, 2020 by Elizabeth Wiltgen Mancebo • Student Life • Leave a Comment

My IESE MBA journey has finally come to its end. Of course, no MBA student from any 2020 class in the world was expecting to be known as “the corona class”. Our graduation ceremony has been postponed to the next year, our graduation trip to Japan was canceled, and farewell events will never happen. The…

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MBA Confinement Stories: Kaitlynn Brown, MBA 21

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 by Camille Chow • Student Life • Leave a Comment

Kaitlynn Brown, MBA Class of 2021 is from Traverse City, Michigan. After earning her Bachelors in Finance from Michigan State University, she moved to Washington, DC, where she worked for eight years in government contracting. She’ll be interning in London this summer with Citibank as a financial management associate. Her plans for the first day…

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Capstone Project – The best two weeks!

April 28, 2020 by Camille Chow • Student Life • Leave a Comment

IESE’s Capstone project is a highlight for many first year MBA students. The objective is to bring together all the learnings of the first year, by having students act as consultants and working with real companies to provide solutions to a business problem. It is run as a case competition, where senior executives will evaluate…

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The Escape Confinement Hackathon

April 22, 2020 by Lucas Barreto • Student Life • Leave a Comment

Although the halls and classrooms of IESE have become empty over the last month, and students have spread around all corners of the globe, the IESE spirit of service continues to live strong within its students, teachers and staff. Inspired by this vision, the Start-up and Entrepreneurship Club, looking out for its members and holding…

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Life Lessons from Mountaineering

April 15, 2020 by Alejandro Orendain Lopez • Student Life • 2 Comments

When I decided to pursue an MBA at IESE Business School, I did it for two main reasons: to discover new facets of business and to become a better version of myself. Since I’ve started this MBA journey, I already had to deal with several new challenges. Every time I overcame the challenge and learnt something…

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