+36 The end of BB? 13 16y
0 State & Local Bankruptcies Imminent 37 16y
+17 Wall Street Cribs: The Hamptons 9 16y
0 HELP a prospective student! Columbia and Stern! 30 16y
+24 Missing School for Interviews 9 16y
0 Major Slowdown on Wall Street 17 16y
+22 Its recruiting season... 6 16y
+15 Why am I getting interviewed? 13 16y
0 Is this cover letter to short or too general? 7 16y
0 So are all the BBs and other boutiques done recruiting for FT? 5 16y
0 Stern GPA 31 16y
+47 The Fall of Gekko's Children 29 16y
0 Hamilton College! Not exactly target, but how hard to break in from? 5 16y
0 Interview help for BB&T and Harris Williams 5 16y
+24 Burry The Seer Talks Housing, Gold, and Goldman 2 16y
0 Go straight to grad school or go into ibanking first? 11 16y
+11 Quitting, The Dream 10 16y
+13 Wall Street on Wall Street 2 8 16y
0 Hypothetical Question re Failing to Land FT Offer 1 16y
0 Our resumes are always read by analysts/alums from our school. Is this true? 5 16y
0 Powerpoint & Excel "boot camp" 1 16y
0 Nuke'em Lloyd 3 16y
0 colgate vs UW schoolf of business 4 16y
+114 Ridiculous resume 150 16y
0 2 Questions 2 16y
+218 Ground Zero Mosque 172 16y
+20 Trust Fund Baby Face 9 16y
0 Physics Major/Ivy/3.0 GPA - Would I be considered "smart"? 18 16y
+29 New York Fed Getting Out of the Junk Business 6 16y
+36 SEC Under Investigation in Goldman Sachs Case 10 16y
+24 Like a Gold Neighbor 10 16y
0 Morgan Stanley Transportation Group 7 16y
0 Guys in early 20s who start trading firms - Stupid/Reckless or Confident/Smart? (just met some people) 19 16y
+28 Fabfellas 13 16y
0 Harvard Undergrad Major Help 6 16y
+31 The NEW Doom? 6 16y
0 Should I take these finance classes at Columbia undergrad? Waste of time? Advice please! 6 16y
0 Which school is best for Restructuring 0 16y
+6 which college would you rather go to? 5 16y
0 How to calculate rolling VWAP 3 16y
+93 Brutal recruiting reality for Harvard's class of 2009 65 16y
+24 What every aspiring investment banker needs to know about Wall Street 11 16y
+26 Would you recruit him as a first year- analyst in IB? 30 16y
+55 28-year old managing director at Paulson 53 16y
+10 Future in IB? 5 16y
+46 Would You Swear an Ethics Oath? 27 16y
0 Three Stooges, Which would you hire? 9 16y
+37 Senate Approves Fed Audit 21 16y
+45 Why do Harvard kids head to Wall St? 33 16y
+21 Stories of late bloomers 11 16y
+39 The REAL REASON why Columbia has less recruits than Harvard. GOOD STUFF HERE. 34 16y
+12 Dilemma! modern trading complexity 2 16y
0 summer position help 2 16y
0 Need advice on work experience 2 16y
0 NY Bomb scare 9 16y
0 Community Bank Bankers in Philadelphia 3 16y
+19 Phone Interview with Rutgers Candidate 15 16y
0 Investment Bank Research Division 2 16y
0 Advice Needed (M&A) 10 16y
+47 BREAKING: Goldman Charged with Fraud 67 16y
0 Job shadowing in DC 3 16y
0 Clawback: GS Forced to Disgorge AIG Windfall? 2 16y
0 Looking for summer sublet in Battery Park/FiDi/Tribeca/possibly soho 5 16y
+31 Goldman? Pfff, Here Are The Real Threats 2 16y
+4 HBS Special on TV the other night 4 16y
0 College Choice 23 16y
+2 barcap real estate IB? 8 16y
+12 Impressive offers 12 16y
0 Summer Sublets in Manhattan 4 16y
0 Duke Vs. Dartmouth for Undergrad 16 16y
+22 Did JPM & Citi Screw Lehman? 13 16y
0 URGENT HELP NEEDED - Don't know how to proceed... 4 16y
0 The New School summer housing? 8 16y
0 PA Cash and Credit Management 0 16y
+39 Munger: Basically, It's Over 15 16y
+35 Street's View on Villanova? 35 16y
+40 Shia LaBeouf Is The Real Deal 49 16y
0 UBS vs. Lazard 7 16y
0 Amusing Coulter Screed on Wall Street 5 16y
0 Is it early in the game for SA? 4 16y
0 Scott Brown projected winner...First VA, NJ, now Mass its a movement 7 16y
0 Gorman Comes Out Swinging 4 16y
0 Goldman Sachs equals Government Scum, Goldman Scum or just crooks 5 16y
+7 World Economic Forum warns of a financial, sovereign debt crisis 0 16y
+37 Market Making or Front Running? 16 16y
+24 Obama Finally Attacks the Banks 11 16y
0 Regulators Seek to Throw Light on Hedge Fund Impact in Energy Trading 0 16y
+2 how much money did you guys need in your bank account? 2 16y
+8 Milestone Advisors/DC Banking in general 7 16y
+16 Internship recruiting at firms I've never heard of - reputation? 12 16y
+31 Taibbi: Obama's Big Sellout 9 16y
+31 It's All Obama's Fault 9 16y
+1 Columbia MBA Resume Format 2 16y
0 Real Estate Investment Banking/REIT/Real Estate Private Equity Info? 3 16y
0 Carnegie investment bank 5 16y
+40 NYT Takes Goldman To Task 17 16y
+22 Teach for America vs. Business School 25 16y
0 Corzine Denies Being Offered Worst Job in the World 5 16y
+29 Gaming the Recession 5 16y
0 M&T Bank Securities and Business Banking 4 16y

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  • Morgan Stanley 03 98.9%
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  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
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