Today was an excellent day!  We got to visit INCAE, the top business school in all of Latin America.  Alexandra Esquivel, the Director of International Programs gave us an excellent tour of the facilities, which included several of the classrooms, study rooms, cafeteria, gym, pool and the tennis courts.  During the tour she told us that every student that attends INCAE lives on campus.  As we drove through the gates we saw the housing provided to the students.  Up to 8 students live in one house, it is far different from other MBA programs.  The school believes that in order to be successful in the program that one must be completely emerged, hence the mandatory living on campus with fellow students.  They do offer housing for married couples as well.

The next portion of our visit was with Thomas Bloch, the Director of Libraries.  Here he gave us a brief history of INCAE and shared with us the many accreditations that have been earned.

Alexandra walked us to out next stop in our tour, and to me the highlight of the visit.  Ryan Frazee, the Director of Admissions gave us a thought provoking presentation.  He spoke to us about an MBA needing to be a world-class challenge.  Achieving this high of a degree at INCAE will provide each student with a sense of wanting to provide results with the education received and that earning the degree was secondary.  The school’s goal is to produce graduates whose experiences in the program will help them improve the lives of people they meet in the future.  I just loved that way of thinking.  I believe that we are here to help one another in any way possible.  It is the responsibility of those who can help, to do so.

The last part of the day was a lunch provided by the school, which was pretty good.  The crème brulee was so bueno, I convinced the server to get my table another round!