+48 Q&A: Goldman IB to HF Investor to Entrepreneur 13 7y
+3 Best places to transfer 1 7y
+3 Ran out of time on written HireVue - was it still submitted? 1 7y
+28 Is Tufts a Semi 17 7y
+12 Transferring to Columbia GS worthwhile in this case? 1 7y
+65 Had a Pair of Aces and I Folded - Now What? 38 7y
+5 UPENN CAS Recruiting (Non-Wharton)? Given a good GPA how would I fare. Also against UCHICAGO? Columbia? 2 7y
+17 Advice ? Am I Fucked ? 4 7y
+3 MM IB Associate Comp 3 7y
+24 Political Science Major at Target School 12 7y
+15 JD/MBA 5 7y
+3 Information about Citigroup SF Healthcare Team? 1 7y
+16 Deleting bc no one answers Q 10 7y
+3 Intern Tax Question 2 7y
+3 USC investment banking 1 7y
+15 Chances at EB/BB? 6 7y
+9 2019 NYU Summer Housing 6 7y
+8 Drug use in finance 3 7y
+12 has anyone heard back from Goldman Sachs IBD NY Hirevue? 5 7y
+5 Barclays NY DCM floor? 4 7y
+12 Goldman Sachs SLC - apply FT or SA? 3 7y
+4 Manhattan Blackout Live Thread 2 7y
+54 Q&A: Bulge Bracket IB Analyst -> MM in Lev Finance -> Private Equity 9 7y
+16 Incoming Emory Freshman Ask For Advice !!! 7 7y
+3 Can anyone give me an answer to this 1 7y
+21 Advice on Entering Investment Banking 1 7y
+20 Female Asian D3 athlete?? How much will this help 6 7y
+68 Undergrad at Fordham Gabelli Lincoln Center with $160k debt. Is it worth it? 30 7y
+32 Post MBA IB Career End Game? 8 7y
+15 How to get started as a rising sophomore? (Target) 1 7y
+30 Where do I Start? (Junior transfer into a target school) 7 7y
+9 Urgent Advice Needed on Course of Action? 2 7y
+11 Advice on Course of Action for Rising Junior? 2 7y
+9 Urgent Advice Needed on Course of Action 1 7y
+6 Culture and Reputation of FT Partners in 2019? 1 7y
+3 Deferred MBA Programs 2 7y
+9 Chances of getting into Investment banking? should i delay graduation? 1 7y
+12 Exactly how do you go about the initial application processes for SA positions? 4 7y
+14 Hirevue Questions 1 7y
+12 The best undergrad business schools to get a career in high finance (IB/PE/IM/HF) 1 7y
+29 Picking between LACs or Uni for Undergrad Degree 10 7y
+10 Networking at a boutique bank 4 7y
+22 Did High School mess up my chances for IB? 6 7y
+18 Why Moelis NYC? 4 7y
+69 Whitening My Resume 30 7y
+15 Skills check exam at Advisory Firm & way below average candidate profile at firm 1 7y
+3 Associate Signing Bonus (UK) 3 7y
0 Macquarie Infrastructure NY 7 7y
+9 Exclusive Clubs on Campus 1 7y
+16 Testing thread 5 7y
+6 URGENT HELP PLS LBO MODEL NOT BALANCING 1 7y
+8 Dartmouth vs. Duke OCR? 4 7y
+12 Starting Out With Clothes 1 7y
+43 Breaking In: Should I Relocate for Regional Boutique?? 18 7y
+3 State of RBC NY in 2019 1 7y
+3 Please Mind Dump: All things about JP Morgan IBD Washington DC 1 7y
+32 Should I come to the US or stay in my home country? 6 7y
+13 Will a recruiter hire a SUNY graduate over an ivy league school graduate if they take lower pay? 7 7y
+23 Will an MBA from Wharton get me a job as an associate at say, PWP? 13 7y
+22 Does Getting an MBA from Wharton automatically get you a job as an associate at say, PWP? 4 7y
+46 HBS SVMP 49 7y
+3 Is it too late to apply for a Summer in NY? 2 7y
0 College Internship Process 3 7y
+10 Deciding On Undergraduate - Lehigh/Fordham 4 7y
+24 NYU vs Johns Hopkins vs Emory 11 7y
+13 For summer intern-JH Daribie or Cedar Street Capital? 1 7y
+9 MBB vs Direct into industry? 1 7y
+34 Choosing Colleges-Rutgers, Penn State, UTD, UT CAP, SMU 22 7y
+13 Is it worth it for me to keep pursuing IB at this point in my life? 5 7y
+12 UIUC CS+ECON VS NORTHEASTERN CS+BA 1 7y
+48 Columbia - How are they perceived on the street? 83 7y
+35 Why do people think it's difficult to break into banking? 33 7y
+31 Q&A tomorrow on the WSO IG with @UnicornBanker 12 7y
+24 Stanford vs MIT vs Angier B. Duke Scholarship at Duke 10 7y
+26 What to do if I missed the boat entirely 12 7y
+57 Q&A: Extreme Non Target to IBD 21 7y
+69 Q&A: Non-target >>> Big 4 Valuation >>> Boutique IB Analyst 14 7y
+12 Fordham Gabelli Lincoln Center (160k debt) or Baruch? 1 7y
+10 Do I have a chance at PJT RX if I'm not from Wharton/Harvard? 13 7y
+13 Cornell Engineering (Operations research) in IB? 2 7y
+144 WSO Hall of Fame: Investment Banking Forum 0 7y
+61 Is BC Carroll the real deal? 39 7y
+52 Ugrad Vs. Grad - Prestige 54 7y
+13 Working in FiDi 13 7y
+14 Sleeping Around w Other Interns? 12 7y
+9 Evercore NY Best Groups 2018 1 7y
+3 Greenhill & Co. PE Placements 1 7y
+3 Tuck vs. MIT Sloan for healthcare investment banking 1 7y
+15 Cornell vs USC 4 7y
+21 Back Office IT/Ops or Middle/Front Office Analytics? 6 7y
+21 What jobs to transfer from to get into IB? 17 7y
+15 Breaking into IB Post-Undergrad 5 7y
+28 Georgetown MSB vs UC Berkeley Haas Undergrad 26 7y
+3 Fordham University vs. Trinity College (CT) 1 7y
+34 What's it like to be a 1st yr analyst at Goldman Sachs? Two 22 y/o girls I know 20 7y
+3 Freshman Year Internship Question 2 7y
+12 Columbia General Studies 1 7y
+14 Notre Dame (Mendoza) vs Colgate vs Bates vs Wesleyan for IB 4 7y
+14 Analyst offers - FT Partners vs DC Advisory (TMT) vs Raymond James (TMT) 8 7y
+21 Quant to PE or IB 1 7y

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