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Sorry, 4th of July weekend and recovery from MBA Spotlight have not been kind to me 😥

IE has been quiet since 2018. I think ultimately what you are asking could be reconciled ONLY by talking to the current students. EU rankings are funky anyway so I would not stress it...
I don't think you will be making a big mistake going either way. ESADE is a great program but looking at average GMAT and things like that IE seems to be a bit ahead of ESADE.

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Hey! GMAT and other things like that are not that important. I would go to ESADE, Barcelona is way more nice than Madrid (you have the sea). But then, it is your decision :)
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Hey! GMAT and other things like that are not that important. I would go to ESADE, Barcelona is way more nice than Madrid (you have the sea). But then, it is your decision :)

Just to make sure I provide proper advice to people in the future, wanted to clarify the suggested selection criteria for MBA, if I understand the selection criteria properly:

1. Does it have a Sea? Y/N
2. Is it in a nice city? (Barcelona > Madrid)
3. Employment reports, student profiles, and GMAT scores are not important
4. Anything else I missed?

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bb Ahah😂😂😂

bb thank you very much for your extremely useful advice.

Yes seeing the employment report of IE is much better than ESADE

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I actually liked Madrid when I visited though I can imagine it gets colder in the winter and hotter in the summer. BCN is also a much more techy place with more mobile and tech scene while Madrid is proper - that's important from the employment standpoint rather than sightseeing. All schools are strongest in their sphere of influence outside of the Top 5 such as HBS, Stanford, INSEAD, Wharton, and perhaps MIT. All others are more potenent in their cities - London for LBS, etc. At the same time you have ESADE and you have IESE both in Barcelona and IESE is higher-ranked... so you would be playing second fiddle potentially.
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Hi bb should I recall you that IE had one of the biggest scandals in business school history regarding employment records and gmat scores (they even got banded from ft ranking).
After, everyone is allowed to do mistakes but at this scale it is shocking. Nothing against the school but on this one they really missed it.
I confirm that ESADE is better and have a better ranking. I find little reason to say that IE is better.
All the best and don't let one of us decide for you. Better talk to alumni and recruiters. Plus, go there if you have the chance.
You are the one going there after all not us, even though we can provide our opinion and input ;)
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Guyyyyssss, today I have to decide 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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So what did you decide? I have interviews with both schools in a couple of weeks, and I also don't know how to decide.
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MITIMITIM - what did you end up doing? Would you mind updating us? I am also very curious!
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Hey! GMAT and other things like that are not that important. I would go to ESADE, Barcelona is way more nice than Madrid (you have the sea). But then, it is your decision :)

Just to make sure I provide proper advice to people in the future, wanted to clarify the suggested selection criteria for MBA, if I understand the selection criteria properly:

1. Does it have a Sea? Y/N
2. Is it in a nice city? (Barcelona > Madrid)
3. Employment reports, student profiles, and GMAT scores are not important
4. Anything else I missed?

:lol:
IE has a better wine club..just sayin