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WSO is excited to have the experts from the Clear Admit team on board to answer applicant questions in the business school forum. We encourage all of you to check out their great resources: 1) <a href="http://www.clearadmit.com">Clear Admit</a> has been providing MBA...
Ask Clear Admit: Can I get into a top MBA program?
1166 weeks 6 days ago
by WallStreetOasis.com
1 day 18 hours ago
by awinters
Hey Everybody - if any of you are looking for a quality gmat preparation and/or admissions consulting, I'd encourage you to check out our partnership with Veritas Prep here because WSO members get 10% off: http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/veritas-gmat-prep-discount Veritas Prep is the...
Ask Veritas Prep - Get 10% Off as a WSO Member
61 year 33 weeks ago
by WallStreetOasis.com
38 weeks 5 days ago
by Marisa@VeritasPrep
Hey Everybody - if any of you are looking for a quality GMAT preparation I'd encourage you to check out our partnership with Veritas Prep here because WSO members get 10% off: http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/veritas-gmat-prep-discount For those of you thinking of an MBA with admissions...
Ask mbaMission
291 year 45 weeks ago
by WallStreetOasis.com
40 weeks 5 days ago
by mbaMissionBrianE
I just finished my freshman year at NYU Stern and I was wondering how much freshman year grades could affect job opportunities. I know that grades in the following years hold more importance, but I did not do well in two key intro business courses this semester (Micro & Stats) and this has...
Undergad GPA and Jobs
153 min 24 sec ago
by biz427
22 min 32 sec ago
by Neighbor
I'm Betsy Massar, founder of Master Admissions. I'm glad to be here on Wall Street Oasis back with kindred spirits. Right out of Harvard Business School I worked for Goldman Sachs and have spent most of my professional career in and around the financial industry. I worked on both the sell...
B-School Q&A w/ Betsy Massar of Master Admissions
151 day 13 hours ago
by Betsy Massar
34 min 14 sec ago
by Betsy Massar
Hey Everybody - if any of you are looking for a quality GMAT preparation I'd encourage you to check out our partnership with Veritas Prep here because WSO members get 10% off: http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/veritas-gmat-prep-discount For those of you thinking of an MBA with admissions...
Ask Alex at MBA Apply
8302 years 51 weeks ago
by WallStreetOasis.com
2 hours 9 min ago
by onedumbmonkey
Admissions decisions are finally all in and the ivies gave me the finger. I did, however, get into Ross Undergrad via preferred admission. I'm going to be matriculating. The question now is whether I should try and transfer to an ivy or duke ect. My questions, hopefully someone...
Transferring out of Ross-UG
201 week 5 days ago
by Spuds
2 hours 45 min ago
by eldiablo4857
Does anyone have any experience related with this MSc? I'm really interested in this master's degree seems good and FIU's Chapman Business School has many qualifications as a good business school....i'm interested specially in the investments...
MSc. Finance FIU
43 days 2 hours ago
by andresvn89
3 hours 29 min ago
by andresvn89
Hey guys, Bit of a backstory: 3rd year in a corp finance role, was looking to go into an MBA program this upcomng year. Submitted all my documents etc to the schools i was applying for, however I scored poorly on the GMAT exam (530). My question is, what now? its obviously too late to rewrite...
Tanked on the GMAT...now what?
2710 hours 27 min ago
by Grindhouse
4 hours 10 min ago
by bagelbites
Is UNC a good b-school for Wall Street? I was going to take finance and accounting, but they do not offer accounting at the school. Is it worth to take economics even though it is not part of their...
Is it worth going to UNC if you want a chance at working on Wall Street?
3513 weeks 12 hours ago
by Bag of Money
4 hours 49 min ago
by blackid
Hey, I'm a transfer for a local community college (had to go for financial and personal reasons). Anyway, I've been accepted to USC and UNC. Waitlisted at Harvard and Amherst and rejected at Brown and Cornell. Columbia and Penn release their decisions today, but I'm not expecting...
Undergraduate - USC vs UNC
306 days 13 hours ago
by blackid
6 hours 59 min ago
by duffmt6
This is a pretty big decision for me, how's UBC BComm (specialize in Finance) compare with Waterloo's BMath (Financial Analysis and Risk Managment) and Western's Ivey? Which one is better to S&T recruiters? Assuming I need to apply for Ivey in the 3rd year, which one of the 3...
Waterloo & UBC& IVEY, which one?
33 days 7 hours ago
by TheKidd4Ever
7 hours 24 min ago
by slader23
Got into both schools (Booth off waitlist today) and have a decision to make in two weeks. This has been discussed in previous forums, but I'd like to solicit input for my particular situation, specifically from people who attend or attended either school (i.e., not looking for input from...
CBS vs. Chicago Booth
351 day 10 hours ago
by Boothorbust
10 hours 38 min ago
by BGP2587
Tony Yang is getting beaten to a pulp. He's not wanted by mobsters nor is he another Cybercrime bully. The former University of California doctoral student (c/o '09) just says that's what it feels like each quarter when he wraps up an adjunct teaching gig and goes home without a...
Even a PhD Couldn't Keep This Man Off Food Stamps
123 days 14 hours ago
by Imperialian
11 hours 22 min ago
by ralen_jor
dear fellow monkeys, i am currently thinking about applying to mba programs in brazil and i was wondering if any of you knows what schools in brazil have a good reputation. so far ive read that business school sao paulo and fundacao getulio vargas seem to be pretty good. does anybody know more...
Best Business School in Brazil
104 weeks 3 days ago
by hoodrich
12 hours 1 min ago
by EquitiesCAC40
Hi guys, I would need a little bit of help deciding whether to choose IE or EDHEC. Which school is better in finance? I know that IE is ranked highly at Financial Times, but I don't even see EDHEC's finance programme on the list. On the other hand, I was told that EDHEC is one of...
IE vs EDHEC Master in Finance
1010 weeks 4 days ago
by peti079
12 hours 6 min ago
by EquitiesCAC40
Which of these two online programs would you recommend? UCLA is slightly more expensive on average but BYU has some quant courses that are more expensive than UCLA. I know both, BYU and UCLA, are some of the more popular online programs but which one would you recommend? UCLA is...
UCLA or BYU for alternative transcript?
44 days 9 hours ago
by pacman007
14 hours 35 min ago
by Betsy Massar
Hello guys, I'm thinking about boosting my B-school application and wondering what you guys think about UC Berkeley's certificate program in finance. Do you guys think these classes will add value to my B-school application assuming I do very well in them? Just graduated from...
UC Berkley Extension Certificate
112 days 2 hours ago
by onedumbmonkey
15 hours 1 min ago
by Betsy Massar
I've been researching MBA programs on the East Coast and have noticed that professionals from Energy are barely represented at schools like Columbia and Stern. Columbia's class profile shows only 2% from energy background and 3% for Stern. I know almost everything Energy related is in...
Energy backgrounds going for MBA.
101 day 57 min ago
by pacman007
15 hours 34 min ago
by BearSqueeze
Hey...
Freshman Year Completed: What to do for summer?
81 day 5 hours ago
by artfuldodger23
23 hours 18 min ago
by Downeasta
Hello everyone. I'm new here, so before asking my main question, I think it would be better to introduce myself. I'm currently a senior at high school in Washington State. During my junior and senior year in high school I decided to participate in a state wide "Running Start"...
Accepted to the University of Washington- Advice Needed
51 day 22 hours ago
by JohnH
1 day 5 hours ago
by JohnH
Hello everyone. I just discovered WSO from another site. I was hoping for some advice. I was just accepted into the University of Virginia as a transfer student. There are some hiccups with my prerequisites and it looks like I'm going to have to declare one major, and then change it, or...
Just Accepted to Undergrad, Plans for the future?
91 week 3 days ago
by adamp319
1 day 11 hours ago
by Virginia Tech 4ever
Like countless others, I'm applying to 2+2. I have a pretty standard background, but a horrible (for hbs) gpa. I have a 3.5 overall, but my gpa has literally improved every semester. <b>Should I apply this summer or wait until I can include grades from my senior fall?</b> Other...
GPA for Harvard 2+2
71 day 22 hours ago
by revoad
1 day 14 hours ago
by seedy underbelly
Does anyone have any insight on getting an MBA in Europe (Cambridge and Oxford chiefly) as an American? I understand that the majority of your network will be in Europe, but will it carry any weight in the US for standard post top MBA program...
Cambridge & Oxford MBA
32 years 11 weeks ago
by Stringer Bell
1 day 15 hours ago
by Oxonian
Is Oxford a good school for getting an MBA to work in US finance?...
Oxford for MBA?
151 year 9 weeks ago
by TraderDaily
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by Oxonian
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