+3 Is RX possible from UT McCombs MBA? 2 1y
+272 Don't go to Dartmouth, I Regret It (Rant + Explanation) 57 1y
+2 Washu vs Vanderbilt vs Georgetown vs UVA 1 1y
+9 LBS MFA vs LBS MBA: Analyst vs Associate Role in UK Investment Banking with 2 Work Experience Scenarios 4 1y
+17 Why isn't Durham seen as a target school? 3 1y
+154 Columbia vs. UChicago cannot decide. 82 1y
+3 Got into UVA transfer 5 1y
+70 Advice for a Sad, Nostalgic Graduating College Senior 14 1y
0 NYC 2026 0 1y
+9 MSc Finance at St Andrew's: Worth it? 1 1y
+1 Columbia or Brown Undergrad? 4 1y
+9 Do I take my Imperial MSc offer or keep grinding?? 1 1y
+1 From Banking to school to return to banking 2 1y
+9 Quant to MBA? 1 1y
0 Masters or bachelor for quicker employment 3 1y
+18 Georgetown vs Cornell 31 1y
+6 Berkeley vs UCLA 6 1y
+15 $95K/year for UChicago Econ vs. Free SSE—What’s the Smart Play? 5 1y
+7 2025 MSF Rankings 4 1y
+22 Accounting & Finance University Choice UK 14 1y
+8 EDHEC vs WHU vs ESCP vs ESSEC vs HSG in Finance/Investment Banking 21 1y
+33 Is target MSc Finance still possible in my situation? (Bocconi, HEC, LSE, HSG....) 15 1y
+6 Got into Georgetown to do my masters, what now? 1 1y
+20 LBS / HEC / LSE / Oxford 24 1y
+11 Master at Erasmus School of Economics or semi-target in the UK? 4 1y
0 Cornell ILR vs Hotel School vs CAS econ for IB 1 1y
+1 Duke vs Dartmouth Transfer for MBB (NYC) 9 1y
0 American Century Investments Early Insights Program Thoughts? 0 1y
+30 T25 --> T10 38 1y
+24 ITAM vs Tec de Monterrey (CSF), advice from NYC finance professionals? 12 1y
+9 LBS MiM vs HEC MiM - career/ experience/ network 1 1y
+9 bocconi placement 5 1y
0 King’s College London BSc International Management or RSM IBA? 1 1y
+11 Bocconi EMIT vs. ESADE (digital business + cems) vs. ESCP MiM 9 1y
+9 Clarification on Degree Length and springs/summers 1 1y
+8 Rutgers vs. NYU? 3 1y
0 Forum view on MBA (2025) 1 1y
0 Will an enemy school help me? 2 1y
+6 Will working in the restaurant industry hurt my chances of getting an MBA? 1 1y
0 Thoughts on Investment Banking recruiting for NYC from Babson College 2 1y
0 Ib pathway 2 1y
+10 MiM vs MSF programs 2 1y
+9 Masters in finance 3 1y
+9 Med School + MBA to PE? 1 1y
+10 Rockpoint Interviews 10 1y
+9 need advice as a rising sophmore 2 1y
+3 IB Recruiting for British Offices as British Citizen at American School 4 1y
+10 MiF vs MiM 3 1y
+1 QUIC vs WIC 6 1y
+9 Target School, Failed 2026 SA Recruiting - Any Hope Left? 2 1y
0 Target School Rankings for NYC 2025 (fr fr) 4 1y
0 Would UC Berkeley Environmental Economics and Policy (EEP) be fine for recruiting? 1 1y
+5 How is Colgate? 5 1y
+10 MBA IB Recruiting With Significant M&A Experience 2 1y
+16 Spring week advice 9 1y
+9 Syracuse University worth for ib, high finance? 2 1y
+21 HEC and Bocconi Undergrad 10 1y
+9 Syracuse University for ib, high finance? 1 1y
+16 Help Me Decide: UCD vs UW–Madison vs Radboud 8 1y
+10 NYU CAS Econ vs. UVA McIntire — Which Sets You Up Better for Finance? 3 1y
+20 Northwestern vs Georgetown vs Ross vs Vanderbilt 16 1y
0 Hey guys. Would you say that all of these schools listed below are the same tier for NYC IB and MBB recruiting 5 1y
+17 London BB Associate to STEM/Humanities MSc 12 1y
+16 UChicago to Stern Transfer 8 1y
+9 No junior year internship offer(been here since high school ) 1 1y
+8 Which MSc To Choose for IB in London? RSM, HSG, WHU, SSE , ESSEC , ESCP 17 1y
+8 SSE CEMS MiM vs ESCP MiM vs Bocconi CEMS MiM 3 1y
+21 Choosing UG School (UVA vs. UCSB) 6 1y
0 The only LAC colleges worth it...LAC deep dive (using data/my opinion) 14 1y
+10 Cambridge Land Economy vs. Wharton transfer 3 1y
0 Lincoln Regional Office vs. HW Richmond HQ 3 1y
+6 UK vs US undergrad 1 1y
+7 IU Kelley vs Vanderbilt 4 1y
+10 LBS MFin and Imperial MSc Finance – which is best? 1 1y
+9 Deciding Master in Switzerland HSG, UZH, HEC Lausanne 3 1y
+9 Need Career Advice As a Prospective University Student 1 1y
0 Thoughts On Deferred MBA Programs? 1 1y
+28 Best Undergraduate School for IB 15 1y
0 UCSB v. UCI v. BYU West-Coast IB (SoCal, Bay Area) 3 1y
+2 Transfer Admitted to Columbia or Penn CAS 4 1y
+3 GMAT Focus Prep Provider - Quant Only 1 1y
+14 Boston University or Babson College 6 1y
+18 How do recruiters view a perfect sat score from a semi-target(Kelley)??? Is going into 150k+ debt for a target worth it? 15 1y
+3 HEC Paris vs Oxford MFE vs LBS MFA 7 1y
+17 Bocconi BIEF/HEC-Bocconi Dual degree/Warwick/ESSEC GBBA/Tsinghua 5 1y
+18 How to get Interest from Elite Schools for Chicago BB? 7 1y
+6 BC Carroll MBA 2 1y
+19 German Target Unis 10 1y
+54 UT Austin or Williams College? 37 1y
+33 Besides M7 what other MBA programs are worth it? 31 1y
+6 Choose LAC over State School 1 1y
+12 Cambridge Mphil in Finance & Economics - Industry Recognition? 3 1y
+11 McGill BCom vs Waterloo CFM vs Western Stats (No AEO) — Aiming for Trading/Quant in the U.S. 3 1y
+17 Is It Over 7 1y
+4 Columbia MFE 5 1y
+3 Edinburgh Uni or Erasmus uni (RSM) 8 1y
+9 BBA(Christ) vs BA/BBA-LLB from Christ/Top 5 NLU for IB in India 5 1y
+7 Finance and business bachelors or Economics with finance bachelors (High semi-target) UK 7 1y
+14 Is BYU a good university for Investment banking? 20 1y
0 (2025) Undergraduate Investment Club Rankings 1 1y

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