Get the inside scoop on jobs and careers with Vault career guides. The IE Business School Buzz Book is your complete resource to jobs, careers, interviews and recruiting.
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The IE Business School Buzz Book Get the inside scoop on jobs and careers with Vault career guides. The IE Business School Buzz Book is your complete resource to jobs, careers, interviews and recruiting. |
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The IE Business School Buzz Book Welcome to the first edition of Vault's IE Business School Buzz Book. In this new and unique guide, we publish extended excerpts and sample admissions essays from surveys of students and alumni from IE to bring you the inside scoop on its MBA program. The survey comments cover the following areas:
The guide is intended to serve as a complement to other references to business schools currently available that utilize school-reported data. Unlike those guides, Vault's Buzz Books (which also include the INSEAD Buzz Book, Business School Buzz Book , Law School Buzz Book and College Buzz Book) are composed almost entirely of information provided directly to Vault from students and alumni.
We received comments from IE. We have included comments next to appropriate survey sections, offset with a different font and indented to be easily recognizable as school-provided comments. Corrections within the body of the comments are enclosed in brackets. In the cases where a school provided separate narratives, we have included them at the end of each chapter, under the heading "The School Says."
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Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 11/2006-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: August 2007
IE has a very open-minded admissions policy, with friendly and accessible [personnel] providing information sessions in major cities around the world or on campus. The school has a rolling admissions system, which is one of the major differences from other European top schools' system. In addition, IE has its own admissions test (in English) other than GMAT so the applicants can choose to submit a GMAT score or to take the school's admissions test. Because of this, however, some students who are very weak in analytical skills can be accepted. Overall, the admissions process has some flexibilities and IE values applicants' experiences and background rather than just their academic performance.
Academics: Students Speak
Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 10/2006-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: September 2007
The quality of classes is quite good. Never in any school do you like all the professors and the way they teach, so similar instances exist here, as well. But, over all, it's very good. The staff is young and dynamic, and most of the faculty have an excellent background and have studied in renowned universities.
The grading system follows the bell curve, which simply means your grade is relative to the top scorer in your batch/class. Considering it is a one-year MBA and a highly ranked school, the workload is too much and sometimes can be very stressful. It is very important to prioritize. Sometimes it's not possible to do everything assigned, so you have to prioritize where and on what you would like to focus more.
There are many interesting electives and the process of attaining them is via bidding. Its a hassle-free process. But as they say, the quality of a class is the students and not the professors. In IE, the diversity is amazing and very enriching.
Academics: The School Says
Change is at the center of the IE Business school experience. Founded in 1973 as a start-up venture, the school has grown to become one of Europe's leading management education providers. As an entrepreneurial enterprise in a competitive industry IE is constantly seeking to maintain its relevance within the current business environment.
We see that the world around us is changing faster than ever before. Globalization is rapidly changing the rules of business and the requirements for success. Today, managers need to be able to lead and manage highly diverse organizations in the global market place, constantly adapting to the changing demands of the market.
Through our master's programs and courses for executives, we are committed to developing cosmopolitan managers and future leaders that embrace change, focus on innovation and lead with humane values. This high quality management education helps to provide the tools and develop the mind-sets of individuals, enabling them to create sustainable value within the global community.
Employment Prospects: Students Speak
Status: Current student, part-time
Dates of Enrollment: 2/2008-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: March 2007
Several assessments are provided to the student during the MBA, including sessions with head-hunters. The assessment is different depending on the student background, which is really advantageous. Several companies have a close contact with the IE business school, and this helps to establish a close contact with the personnel. Apart from this, during the MBA, the IE Business School organizes an event for the students, at which several important companies are present and students can attend and discuss potential positions with the HR present at this event.
Quality of Life: Students Speak
Status: Current student, part-time
Dates of Enrollment: 10/2006-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: March 2007
The campus is located in one of the best places in the capital, surrounded by lots of embassies. It's a very nice place, really safe and has lots of restaurants and cafeterias around. The school has the latest technological advantages available, making the class relations easier, as well as relations with the teachers.
Social Life: Students Speak
Status: Current student, part-time
Dates of Enrollment: 2/2008-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: March 2007
Several events are organized by the school and the different communities built by students in the school. There are communities built for the different nationalities of the students (such as Mexico, the U.S. and French-speaking students), sport clubs (tennis, basketball, soccer and so on.). The student favorites are the sport clubs, the country communities, in which all the IE students are invited to know more about a specific country and culture, and the social clubs (gourmet club, including the "bar of the week" section, which all IE students can attend and meet each other).
