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BigO

Joined: 12 May 2007
Posts: 3
ESADE or IE?
Sun May 13, 2007 02:00 PM
Hi,

Sorry to jump in but I was wondering why IESE is not included in the debate between IE and ESADE?

I am also contemplating on which schools to apply to and at first impression (forums, rankings) I thought IE and IESE are a step ahead of ESADE.

Am I wrong?

Thanks,

O
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SingleSpain

Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Posts: 98
ESADE or IE?
Sun May 13, 2007 05:04 PM
Your cnsidetrations is ok to comment.


From the school´s prestige, IESE and ESADE are the two bests. From the "product" prestige, IESE full time MBA (19 months), ESADE full time MBA (18 month & 1 year) and IE International MBA (13 months) have more or less similar prestige.

Beyond this "simplification" there are lots of pros and cons. , but at the end, if you are a "smart" guy, your experience and postmba works, will be very similar in any of the three programs.

But, I am curious, why did you thought that IE/IESE are that?
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jona


Joined: 11 Mar 2007
Posts: 59
ESADE or IE?
Mon May 14, 2007 11:17 AM
You can get this impression, when you take into consideration the position of the three schools in the different rankings. IE does not appear in the BW and Economis ranking of the international top 10, wheras the other 2 do.
But on the other hand in FT rankings and others, IE is ahead of the other two...
Rankings take many different factors into account and don't give them the same importance, as you can see here.
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BigO

Joined: 12 May 2007
Posts: 3
ESADE or IE?
Sat May 19, 2007 09:20 PM
Single Spain, Jona,

Thanks for your comments. It's hard to say where my impression that IESE and IE are more acclaimed than ESADE came from. Probably from the rankings, but I will now add ESADE to my consideration (instead of shortening the list it is getting longer...).

Can anyone give me their impression of the pros and cons between the programs (for someone who is not interested in Banking)?
I am especially interested in practical experience the program provides and 'soft skills'. Which one provides a better network of support for partners?

O
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Post MBA


Joined: 17 May 2007
Posts: 83
ESADE or IE?
Sun May 20, 2007 08:02 AM
Too funny. I spent the final six months of my MBA at ESADE on exchange from a US program five years ago and can confirm the experience of Jay's alumni contact: religious affiliation is a non-issue. It simply did not enter into the experience at all.

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Ouch ... I'm hurting myself laughing!

I was starting to regret that I'd opened the "religious affiliation" can of worms, but that post makes it all worthwhile.

Funny thing is that religious affiliation wasn't part of my selection process, nor would it ever be. I attended 2 religious schools where the quality of the education was outstanding.

However, when I told people that I was considering Spanish business schools, I got 4 separate unsolicited warnings to be aware of religious affiliation. So I figured there was something important that I was missing ... maybe it was the omnipresent Jesuses ;o)

Thanks for the post, Jay. And a good laugh!

Cheers,

Julian


[Edited 28 Jun 2007 by Post MBA]
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