+30 Houston/Oil&Gas Investment Banking Prospects 3 6y
+12 Profile Evaluation/IB Chances 1 6y
+3 Intern Housing in Charlotte 1 6y
+12 Need Advice: Abnornal MM IB Interview in Dallas 1 6y
+18 Lazard Houston Deal Flow and MM vs Freres 8 6y
+9 Incoming FT offer rescinded? Houston IB 4 6y
+9 Houston IB - Working From Home 1 6y
+3 COVID-19 Summer IB Outlook Now 1 6y
+34 Justine Tobin calls her finished deals "Tombstones;" and other recents from the only person qualified to succeed Jamie Dimon.... 6 6y
+24 COVID-19 Effect on Houston O+G Internships and Hiring 10 6y
+3 Am I screwed going into energy corporate banking now? 1 6y
+15 IB in Houston (Non-Energy) 9 6y
+12 GMAT for MBA Recruiting 1 6y
+13 Future of O&G IB in Houston 4 6y
+3 Banks at Risk of Closing Houston O&G Office 1 6y
+12 Houlihan Lokey Dallas 2020 5 6y
+6 PJ Solomon 2021 Recruiting 1 6y
0 Is this really bad? 8 6y
+18 3.8 Finance major from big state school. Anyshot at ibanking? 23 6y
0 I am going to select schools?!? 5 6y
+26 Wells Fargo to Merge with Wachovia for $7 a share 27 6y
0 Bloom Off the Wall Street Rose? 6 6y
+36 College Decisions IBD 26 6y
0 Orange County Banking Panel (Internships) 2 6y
+110 Depressed and re-considering IBD offer after accepting 80 6y
0 Recent Engineering Graduate with Questions 1 6y
0 Question Regarding Major/School 2 6y
+12 USC MARSHALL ms FINANCE OR UVA MS COMMERCE (FINANCIAL SERVICES TRACK) 7 6y
+16 Not enough experience... But what are my options 6 6y
0 West Coast School 4 6y
0 Investment Banking Opportunities in Salt Lake City 0 6y
+6 USC vs. Emory 5 6y
+26 What happens to Undergrads who fail to secure an internship? 9 6y
+17 What's up with these summer MSF start date? Summer Job Conflict? 5 6y
+22 BB from a non-target 7 6y
0 Will resume only matter in granting interviews? 12 6y
0 BB SA List 73 6y
0 Leveraged Finance Regional Offices 2 6y
0 Target School, but not undergrad 12 6y
+22 PE is truly an elite club...here is a list of schools attended by those at a top PE shop 20 6y
0 2007 list of BB Summer Associate class by colleges 26 6y
0 Indiana Uni (kelley) - Bloomington for undergrad 9 6y
0 Transferring: Am I making the right choice? 23 6y
0 Everyone's a comedian...or economist 5 6y
+23 Target Schools - Rising junior with an engineering major/econ minor 25 6y
0 just out of curiousity 48 6y
+12 How well is georgetown represented on wall st? 19 6y
+20 Pros and Cons of IB in LA, SF, Chicago, Houston? 31 6y
+26 Current and Former recruiters, please just 1 minute of your time to read this thread.. 24 6y
+12 New target schools 19 6y
0 Do you think this is a wise choice? 19 6y
0 BMO Capital Markets in Chicago vs Wells Fargo in Charlotte 16 6y
+48 Trying to get into IB in Chicago, what schools should I be considering? 58 6y
+9 Undergrad B-School Employment Surveys 6 6y
+18 US News 2012 Rankings 10 6y
0 A couple questions on education and experience 4 6y
0 ND non-business VS. Michgan engineering 8 6y
0 Career advice desperately needed 1 6y
0 Should I keep searching? or quit it for now? 6 6y
0 It is getting so SERIOUS! 8 6y
0 Put on resume or not 4 6y
0 How much does going to Ivies/MIT/Stanford/Chicago/Duke/etc really help? 6 6y
+31 Which of these 9 MBA schools would help someone break into I-banking? 22 6y
+143 High School Senior: IU Kelley or Duke 104 6y
0 Are Tulane or Urbana-Champaign MBAs any good for I-banking? 2 6y
0 Graduate Accounting --> Big 4 ---> IBD ??? 10 6y
0 The dilemma 4 6y
0 Public Finance Major 3 6y
+2 4.0 at non-target vs ~3.2 at Ivies/MIT/Stanford/Chicago/Duke 5 6y
0 Masters in Industrial Engineering--career prospects? 1 6y
0 IB SA Interview 12 6y
0 Anyone have insight on these boutique banks? 0 6y
0 Does OCR accept International students? 0 6y
+8 Hello Guys...advice needed 4 6y
+6 Best school to transfer to for IB: Michigan Econ vs. UVA Econ vs. Vanderbilt Econ 14 6y
+30 Chances of IB at BB 9 6y
+23 Targeting HK Ibank - MBA program at tier 2 US school or tier 1 school in other region 8 6y
0 Cities With DCM Desks 0 6y
0 Undergrad Poli Sci major and Econ minor trying to break into finance 0 6y
+14 Final Decision Undergrad B-School Poll 8 6y
+12 looking for perspective (career transition from military + MBA to finance) 1 6y
+22 State Semi-Target and MBA vs Low Target 14 6y
+24 Military Officer- Highest Real Compensation? 6 6y
+23 Undergrad econ VS business 6 6y
+12 Lateraling to IB - KPMG Deal Advisory vs. Deloitte M&A Transaction Services Advisory 1 6y
+28 O&G Investment Banking: Kellogg vs McCombs 14 6y
+12 Questions for a Second-Time IB Informational Call 1 6y
+8 What Ivy league/top 10 school is your investment bank? 7 6y
+26 No IB Offers -- Not Giving Up 3 6y
+9 Where to apply for transfer? 7 6y
+148 BBs as Ivy Leagues 33 6y
+18 Please rank the following schools.. 14 6y
0 Possibility to start as Associate or 2nd yr Analyst w/o FT Exp 2 6y
0 What Would You Do In My Position? 9 6y
0 London Nomura vs Barclays vs CS - O&G/NatRes Teams 3 6y
0 Looking for career change, any help would be appreciated 2 6y
0 Looking for masters in finance programs with my profile 4 6y
+18 Is there a correlation between 'poshness' and landing a job in Investment Banking? 5 6y
+40 Unsure on what to do next or where to go as UK undergraduate 6 6y
+3 Barclays London - Best Groups 1 6y

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