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Paidos Joined: 02 Sep 2008 Posts: 3	people Fri Sep 12, 2008 05:56 AM Hello, In my class at EADA there were people from 23 different countries, 99% were not spanish. Distribution: Latin America and Europe the main groups, then north america, north africa, some asians and australia. The career service is quite bad I must say , but we all got a job within maximum 3 months and I must say that each of us got THE JOB after two years or more. I have seen in the latest business week "20 years after survey", this is very common in the business schools Regards
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lukeh Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 387	people Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:08 AM Hi Paidos, Overall that sounds very positive. I presume you would therefore recommend EADA to prospective MBA applicants. Just a couple of questions: 1) Do you think having an MBA from EADA gave graduates an advantage in the Spanish and Latin American job market which a degree from another school might not? Might that be a reason why some people choose to study at EADA? 2) I'm interested in the difference between the jobs people got within 3 months and those they found after two years. How would you describe each, and how does one make the transition? Is it just a question of time and experience in your opinion, or is there something else the most successful graduates are doing in their first year or two work? 3) Is there a strong alumni organisation at EADA which takes an active interest in placing EADA graduates, or is the situation more informal than that? 4) Lastly, what is it about the career service you thought was not very good? Do you think the problem(s) was (were) specific to EADA, or do they reflect something more general in MBA schools' approaches to career services? Many thanks! lukeh
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Paidos Joined: 02 Sep 2008 Posts: 3	people Sat Nov 08, 2008 02:03 AM Hi Lukeh, 1. A degree from EADA in Latin America will open doors better then some degree of France, UK or unknown US, especially since in your class you will have well positioned people from latin america. Of course the top ranked spanish schools like IESE, ESADE and IE will give you even more visibiility in Latin America, but they are more expensive. 2. It is a matter of luck, attitude, growth and statystics, this happens not only in EADA but in many other, even top-notch schools 3. There is a big alumni network, but is still struggling in getting people together, I have been invited to linkedin.com where EADA has a group which I found quite useful, you can build your network in the school which will help you in finding a job 4. Career Service still need a more international projection and more resources. I know that all the MBAs we are complaining about career service of our school, but I think that EADA is excellent in organizational behaviuor, in the learning by doing, but placement is still much improvable
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lukeh Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 387	people Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:50 AM Thanks Paidos, great answer!
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joe Joined: 22 Nov 2008 Posts: 1	people Sun Nov 23, 2008 02:09 PM Paidos, I appreciate your time and in case you have some more I would not mind talking about the career service "imporvable" Career service is key in an MBA, the MBA is made to switch career! Looking forward to hearing from you Joe
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glock Joined: 02 Dec 2008 Posts: 1	people Wed Dec 03, 2008 02:29 PM If you are looking for a good BS in Spain, apply IESE, ESADE or IE. Don't waste your time in eada. Although it seems good, it doesn't gives you an international development. So, it's a regular option if you cannot afford others.
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andy.j. Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 159	people Wed Dec 03, 2008 03:43 PM Although i agree the schools glock mentioned are good respectable ones, i disagree with his statement about international development, especially after hearing from Paidos, that his class was very international indeed. MBA is also about building new contacts, and in the case of EADA, it seem like a great place of making international contacts! Andy
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clay Joined: 21 Jan 2009 Posts: 1	people Thu Jan 22, 2009 01:19 PM EADA IT IS INTERNATIONAL! You can tell whatever about this school except that is not international. Then it is true that career service could be improved, but still 90 something percent (look at the Financial Times ranking) finds a job within 3 months from graduation. EADA facilities are not luxorious? I agree There is not a great garden? I agree But EADA quality is high and the price/quality ratio, one of the best in the world. Sincerely Clay
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Jaime Joined: 26 Jan 2009 Posts: 1	91 in the world Tue Jan 27, 2009 04:10 PM Good morning, I agree with the previous posts, but just have a look at the last Financial Times Ranking, EADA, apart of being 91 in the wolrd is 2nd in the for career progress, so probably the MBA of EADA does help to improve your career.
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Oshrat.H Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 66	91 in the world Wed Jan 28, 2009 06:11 PM this is pretty amazing - how can a school be rated 91 on the overall list but still get to 2nd place in carrier progress? how does it go together with Alumni recommend rank 97? interesting....
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ernesto Joined: 07 Feb 2009 Posts: 1	91 in the world Sun Feb 08, 2009 07:09 PM The rankings measure several parameters and looks like that EADA is really good in career progress, but it is still not so well known among other Business School alumni, who are those who have to recommend EADA, not EADA Alumni themselves
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Oshrat.H Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 66	91 in the world Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:51 AM Oh, I always thought it meant the school alumni themselves! is it is the others, then i don't really get it - how can they recommend a school they didn't go to?
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Eloy Joined: 15 Feb 2009 Posts: 2	91 in the world Mon Feb 16, 2009 08:18 AM I agree it is a strange system, but it is true. When I partecipated to the ranking as alumni some time ago they asked me to recommend 5 other schools, not my school.
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Oshrat.H Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 66	91 in the world Mon Feb 16, 2009 09:42 AM How can someone rank a school he didn't go to?! this means that this parameter actually masseurs the "sexiness" of the school, and nothing else, and therefor is only a matter of how good the publicity of the schools is!
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Eloy Joined: 15 Feb 2009 Posts: 2	91 in the world Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:05 AM Well Oshrat, agree with you but i do not know how important is this parameter in the averall weight of the factors of the ranking. Anyway unfortunately i do not know the answer, you should ask the ranking makers
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jorge lp Joined: 20 May 2009 Posts: 1	EADA Thu May 21, 2009 08:36 PM I am an EADA graduate so it both means that I am already part of this institution since I am totally satisfied of the MBA, but also that I had my time in choosing which course take so i can understand who is doubting where to go. I decided because of accreditation & rankings, Budget and location. Having two of the three major accreditations (i would like the school to have the three of them anyway) and being in the rankings, it made me go towards EADA even if it is more expensive that some school at the same , or appearently the same, level. Then I could afford it and then Barcelona to me was pretty special. I think the budget does matter and determines which school to take, but it should not be just the budget, take into consideration at least two more items Good luck
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cajno_pecivo Joined: 28 May 2009 Posts: 1	EADA Fri May 29, 2009 10:14 AM Hi guys, New here, read entire thread and am considering EADA as my primary choice due to the cost. Can someone of you participating in the programme explain the admision process and how hard is it exactly to get in the EADA. (interested in international MBA) And can you explain this admission test more? I dont understad what kind of test this is? English knowledge or professional knowledge?
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sally Joined: 07 Feb 2009 Posts: 135	EADA Sat May 30, 2009 03:58 AM You only have to take the test if you haven't taken the GMAT. They say the skills tested are similar to the GMAT. I was accepted to EADA, but have deferred my admission until 2010 to have more time to decide and prepare to move to Spain. In terms of the selectivity, you might see if they have a BusinessWeek profile, which would have information on that. But to give an example, I was accepted with a 610 gmat, a 3.4 undergrad gpa, and 3 years work experience. Not to brag, but I am a skilled writer, and did a good job on my essays. That may have helped me quite a bit considering my numbers aren't that high. But, generally, their standards aren't quite as high as ESADE, IE and IESE. I applied to ESADE as well and they put me on a wait list for next year :P (Which is good for me, because I'm not going until next year anyway!). Once you apply to EADA the next step is the interview. I posted on this thread with information about what they asked in the interview: www.find-mba.com/board/9463 Good luck! [Edited by sally on 30 May 2009]
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matt.cod Joined: 30 May 2009 Posts: 1	EADA Sun May 31, 2009 01:16 PM Hi Sally, Thanks a lot for your feedback, but I had an interview with the EADA Director and the questions were very different from yours. The meaning was the same, still to see how you would react, but instead of a brick was what would you do with a broken MP3. I enjoyed very much the interview because even if there were many questions and it could not be conversational or it would take two hours, I really connected with the interviewer and it made me think a lot of my life and on what I expect from it
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sally Joined: 07 Feb 2009 Posts: 135	EADA Wed Jun 03, 2009 08:27 PM i had another interview that was much more conversational.. and it took about 45 minutes. .in that case the interviewer just asked only about 5 questions, instead of 25. I think the interview that was more like a conversation got deeper into what my real motivations and aspirations are. But each person has their different styles. I was wondering if the more questionaire style interview is typical in Europe? The other interview was with an American school. I guess I will find out! I'm applying to a few other Spanish schools and will have something to compare it to soon..
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ArushaJ Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 1	interview Fri Jun 05, 2009 09:12 AM Conversational interviews are definitely much nicer, the interviewed has the freedom to lead the conversation. Instead being under pressure to define concepts or answering some unusual question is not comfortable, so no wonder that you do not like it. I guess the feeling you receive from the school is very important so you should think if you really match with a school you did not even liked the interview/interviewer
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mba_s_pain Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Posts: 1	interview Tue Jun 09, 2009 02:32 PM hola people...Que Tal? Me too selected @ EADA for the international MBA2009-10. What attracts me to it, is its internationalism, duration, cost and location...Now there are a few things I am wondering about before taking the final plunge: - Job/Career prospects ? - Academic quality ? Even though it ranks #91 in FT rankings, it is so difficult to estimate its strenghts & weaknesses as there is not much info on www.eada.edu or the web world! I would appreciate if someone from Barca, EADA (alumni/current students) or all selected students come together and make a informed judgement which will help us all.... Cheers, mba_S_Pain
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sally Joined: 07 Feb 2009 Posts: 135	interview Sun Jun 14, 2009 07:47 PM mba_spain -- Have you read this entire thread? I think those topics have been covered in depth! Overall it sounds like the academic quality at EADA is good. Some said the career services could be better, but that is a problem at many schools. The job placement statistics at EADA are similar to the top Spanish schools, it seems.
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yah5chon Joined: 28 Jul 2009 Posts: 1	BMI, Barcelona Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:21 PM Clay Douglass is a SCAMMER. he is running a Internet Payments Company called Local Billing who is working solely with PORN business based on SCAM, SPAM and all sick things on Internet. Is also owner of website selling fake diet products (www.acaiberryexclusive.com). Details on the site registration: ACAIBERRYEXCLUSIVE.COM - Whois Information Registrant: Douglass, Clay clay.douglass@viveraglobal.com Viv3 Lab Limited Unit 5, Mill Road Industrial Estate Linlithgow, WL EH49 7QY GB Domain name: ACAIBERRYEXCLUSIVE.COM Administrative Contact, Technical Contact: viveraglobal, Hostmaster hostmaster@viveraglobal.com Viv3 Lab Limited Unit 5, Mill Road Industrial Estate Linlithgow, WL EH49 7QY GB +44.08082389891 Please be careful withy this guy
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willy_32 Joined: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 1	Career and Job Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:39 AM Hi, Concerning career, I have just finished my EADA MBA a month ago and I have a already found a job, as many of my my classmates...and in SPAIN!! It seems that 20% unemployment is not existing in my class! Ask for career service statics at the school you are applying to and you will see that numbers for MBAs, are slightly different than average, but if you meet the requirements (for example speaking spanish if you look for a job in span...
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