ESADE MBA Recommendation Questions
The application for the ESADE MBA program at the Ramon Llull University in Barcelona requires two recommendations. It is recommended that they both be professional, but academic references are also accepted. Your recommenders should be able to speak to your global mindset and personal motivation. Recommenders can answer in English or Spanish. The ESADE MBA recommendation questions for the current admissions season are below.
2026-2027 ESADE MBA Recommendation Questions
Section 1: Short Answer Questions
1. How long have you known the candidate? In which context? (Max 1000 characters)
2. What do you consider to be the candidate’s most noteworthy qualities? (Max 500 characters)
3. What are the areas in which you believe the candidate needs to improve? (Max 500 characters)
4. Please comment on the candidate’s potential for management. Describe an occasion in which you observed the candidate in a leadership role. (Max 500 characters)
Section 2: Ranking
Please give us your opinion in terms of the following criteria:
- Leadership potential
- Organizational skills
- Teamwork
- Maturity
- Self-confidence
- Creativity
Recommenders are to choose one of the following options for each criteria from a drop-down menu:
- Exceptional
- Good
- Average
- Poor
- Unobserved
Additional Comments
Please add information on the ratings you have assigned and make any additional comments about the applicant’s motivation, ability, leadership potential or any personal qualities you would like the Admissions Committee to take into account. (Max 32,000 characters)
Recommenders may upload an additional supporting letter of recommendation as well.
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4 YoE at matriculation. T1 Indian engineering college (Mech Eng.). Long term entrepreneurial goal building sports infrastructure and improving access to high quality training facilities and credible pathways to professional leagues. Played football (soccer) extensively through school and college as captain in school. Football community head in Hyderabad with around 60-70 members.
-5 year Division I student athlete
-3x captain
-3.97 masters gpa (business analytics)
-undergrad major is sport management
-4 years at Fortune 500 med tech company (3 different positions)
-started a fund 5 years ago to help families affected by cancer in memory of my mom (plan annual events, present to 200+ people per event, allocate funds to event beneficiaries)
-targeting round 2
-Taking the GRE in Oct
Any advice on a range for a target GRE score and based on my profile do you think the 3.3 will hold me back from those top M7/T15 schools that I plan to apply to?
(I assume to help offset the 3.3, my GRE score will need to be pretty high)
I am thinking of doing Booth and Stanford Full time applications and Kellogg part time and also thinking of doing Booth part time as well since I have a low years of experience in a non consulting role. Knowing all this and my GPA what would an ideal GMAT score look like for me?
I’m in knowledge consulting (a bit more specialised than generalist track with lower client exposure - but I’ve been fortunate to work directly with most of my clients)
Currently 4 yoe
I don’t have anything particularly distinct in my profile apart from this
Bachelors in economics
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Application submitted 03 Sep
Application submitted 02 Sep
Submission 6 Aug, Interview invite 17 Aug, Interview 28 Aug, Acceptance Letter 31 Aug