Summer MBA positions offer the opportunity to experiment, to explore, and to be exposed to different types of companies and sectors. There is a lot to be achieved and learned in a few months, so I decided early in the MBA that I wanted to have two summer internships. I spent the first half of…
Student Experience
The ‘Orchestrating’ Case Class at IESE, A Powerful Learning Method
IESE is well known for its strength in the case method style of teaching, how is it different as compared to other business schools? In this post, Dr. Luis Go from our MBA & MiM Admissions Team shares some research on what the case class is all about and his opinion on what makes the…
Lessons Learnt in Quarantine
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…
MBA Confinement Stories: Kaitlynn Brown, MBA 21
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…
Capstone Project – The best two weeks!
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…