0 BCG Experienced Hire 2 5mo
+13 LSE Vs Northwestern 6 5mo
+18 HS chud - how can college be better for me? 20 5mo
+30 Severe Depression around '27 Recruiting 10 5mo
0 Climate finance + Climate tech undergrad school? 2 5mo
+13 Summer Networking 4 5mo
+24 Stern vs UChicago 31 5mo
+8 What's Recruiting From UNC Chapel Hill Like? 2 5mo
+17 USC Marshall Vs WashU Olin Vs UVA McIntire 6 5mo
0 Tufts v UW Madison 1 5mo
+21 Career switch from LDN > NY 4 5mo
+34 Incoming CC Student – Strategy for Cornell (Dyson) / Top Transfer & Consulting Goals 17 5mo
+2 Which has a better odds of getting into IB? 4 5mo
+1 My best internship was 3 years ago.. 1 5mo
+9 International NYU CAS Econ Transfer: Best Path to US IB vs London? 1 5mo
+11 Got to Round 5 at a Boutique RE PE Firm. They Gave the Offer Away Before I Could Interview. CIO Told Me to Read a Textbook to Familiarize Myself with Real Estate Terminology. I’ve built models from scratch. What Do I Do? 3 5mo
+24 Sophomore transfer (am I fried) 11 5mo
0 Summer Internship Vs Graduate Schemes Vs Off Cycle 2 5mo
+2 Got Into Cornell as a Transfer: Next Steps? 3 5mo
0 Switching Major from Econ to Poli Sci/Politics After IB Offer 1 5mo
+10 Fordham v Lehigh undergrad 3 5mo
+16 Long-term careers with good pay/WLB 10 5mo
+7 at a target on east coast trying for west coast offices 3 5mo
0 Full time recruiting from ER 1 5mo
+9 What else outside of finance / big corporate? 2 5mo
+20 will I be looked down on for going to cornell? 16 5mo
+37 Waiting For Official Offer For Two Months Already 9 5mo
+6 Student at Non Target (BU) transfer? 5 5mo
+10 Stay in sellside or take buyside offer? 4 5mo
+3 Penn CAS vs Columbia 3 5mo
0 How's Babson for Recruiting 2 6mo
+6 any advice for an international student in non-target schools ? 1 6mo
0 What do they actually teach you? 4 6mo
+12 Bloomberg Sales and Analytics Exit Opps 2 6mo
+9 Kinda losted / HK / AI 1 6mo
+12 Freshman at Non-Target - Importance of Freshman Summer Internship? 2 6mo
0 Least Cooked UG for IB or later career pivot into ib 2 6mo
0 MBA Decision - UT McCombs vs. Rice Jones 1 6mo
0 Least Cooked Undergrad Pathway 1 6mo
+6 Drug Test Policy for MM/LM Private Credit 1 6mo
0 Lloyds SA 2027 1 6mo
0 Lateral to Chicago from NY 1 6mo
0 Offer Received, How To Succeed? 1 6mo
+21 Do I choose Northwestern, Brown, or Dartmouth for Investment Banking? 17 6mo
+11 NEED HELP UT VS NYU 2 6mo
+16 Do I have a chance of getting into high finance or is it all over? 10 6mo
+12 UMich Ross or Dartmouth 3 6mo
+6 is it even possible to pivot in? 1 6mo
+13 Help me decide between HAAS, BHP and UChicago 6 6mo
+1 del 2 6mo
+15 FT recruiting for junior w upcoming summer internship at small boutique 2 6mo
+12 Is it cooked? Do I pivot? 5 6mo
0 How Long Does it take to hear back from an R1 from TD? 2 6mo
0 Incoming Econ Major @ NYU undecided between IB or Consulting 1 6mo
0 Nothing 1 6mo
+3 Has anyone received an invite to superday for Morgan Stanley Fixed Income Research 2027 NYC? 5 6mo
+9 Best finance path in 2026? 1 6mo
+1 Do I need a career coach 3 6mo
0 Drug test 1 6mo
+4 Accepted an offer from SMBC... nervous about what's next 2 6mo
+12 Deleted 9 6mo
+6 Junior looking to break into ECM / ESG — advice 1 6mo
0 How is NYU CAS for IB placement? 1 6mo
+14 GPA Drop? 10 6mo
+13 Transfer from semi-target NESCAC to Cornell? 4 6mo
+6 switching locations after sa 7 7mo
0 Recruiting for New York out of San Francisco 1 7mo
0 No return offer after summer (MBA) 1 7mo
+82 Short Emory 67 7mo
0 Asking for SA Signing Deadline Extension 1 7mo
+12 Am I cooked? 2 7mo
+12 Prospective UT Austin Student recently accepted CBHP and Plan 2, with question regarding the honors programs. 3 7mo
+25 UBS or TD SA 23 7mo
+20 Recruiting IB > Corp Finance 11 7mo
+46 Breaking into IB from Georgia Tech 27 7mo
+16 Trying not to but losing hope in this job market 15 7mo
+11 Tech to Finance? 3 8mo
+12 semi well off, no job a year post grad, what to do 3 8mo
+77 People who were in IB in 2007-2009, how was it ? 26 8mo
+9 CC -> IB? 12 8mo
0 Commercial Real estate to infrastructure 1 8mo
+9 C+ and F -> Academic Notice for the Semester. Will this lead to my offer getting rescinded? 6 8mo
+9 How to break into FICC sales + Finance in Brazil/other countries discussion 1 8mo
+18 On being civil servant 7 8mo
0 SVCV (SVCV Corporation) Japanese Firm Begins Hiring Ahead of USA Office Opening 1 8mo
+22 Ares Direct Lending in LA vs Houlihan Lokey RX in NY (SA 2026) 13 8mo
0 Economics Student @ NYU CAS vs. Stern 3 8mo
0 Yale Sophomore Recruiting and GPA Changed am I fucked? 3 9mo
+15 Job Searching Acvice 2 9mo
+6 Corp Treasury Exit Ops 2 9mo
+10 Facial hair during recruiting? 4 9mo
+34 H1B Visa Sponsorship Horror Story 22 9mo
+9 Should I step back from recruiting for now? 1 9mo
+12 I feel hopeless (as a sophomore) going into my Junior year internship recruiting journey 2 9mo
+12 How to get a head start 2 9mo
+42 doctor switching to finance 37 9mo
0 Are interview Processes Paused Until NY? 1 9mo
0 Chatham Financial (Kennett Square PA) vs Kroll Bond Rating Agency (New York, NY) SA 1 9mo
+14 Coffee with IB Associate at 270 Park 5 9mo
+23 Laid Off IB Analyst - Can't Find a Job 9 9mo

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  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
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Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
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