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+8 Should I retake the GMAT? (Military to MSRE) 2 2y
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+14 Should I transfer out of a semi target school to a target school (UPenn, Dartmouth, Cornell Dyson, Duke, NU, Geogetown McDonough, UChicago, etc.) for a better chance of getting recruited as an international F-1 Visa student?  6 2y
+10 Is getting a $50,000 student loan to study (undergrad finance) at Bocconi worth it over studying for free at HKU (also finance)? 7 2y
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+15 EU Master's - Options (HELP PLZ) 13 2y
+12 HEC vs INSEAD MIM +(St. Gallen) 2 2y
+15 Columbia MS Accounting and Fundamental Analysis or Yale Silver Scholar Program 5 2y
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+9 PhD Economists, where's the bar? 1 2y
+23 Got admission to ESCP MiM - now what? 14 2y
+13 MFin Cambridge vs MFin IE Spain 3 2y
0 Singapore/Dubai IB from ND Mendoza as an International 1 2y
+19 Breaking into IB as an Indian 10 2y
0 WBS vs TCD 1 2y
+9 MBA for IB/REPE - Cornell Johnson vs Michigan Ross 1 2y
+11 USYD / UNSW Masters for Investment Banking 3 2y
+12 U Georgia vs Kelley 13 2y
0 IB Australia as an International 1 2y
+4 UVA vs Emory for IB, PE, and Consulting 7 2y
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+12 Consulting/Banking in the EU - No hope without native level language fluency? 20 2y
+1 SMU vs IU vs Fordham vs Penn State 2 2y
+17 MSc Finance at Uni of Edinburgh vs Bayes (Cass) 5 2y
+9 UIUC Gies v. Indiana Kelley v. Northeastern D'Amore McKim v. SMU Cox for Finance Undergrad 1 2y
0 Target vs Non-Target MBA Programs 1 2y
+10 Indiana University Vs Georgia In state 1 2y
+15 which uni is better exeter or newcastle for getting a job in top firms 10 2y
+10 Business Administration + Engineering . Which engineering should I choose? 2 2y
+12 Fuqua MMS vs. LBS MiM for a Career in IB 5 2y
+6 LSE MiM versus INSEAD MiM 2 2y
+20 Well... there goes my LBS dream. 8 2y
+14 Part time MBA vs full time MBA 3 2y
+9 finance 1 2y
0 Need Advice for Undergraduate Programs 3 2y
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+25 Bocconi MSc International Management - Can’t Speak Italian. Worth It? 22 2y
0 Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 3 2y
+12 MiM/MFin from Bocconi? 3 2y
+9 Year Aboard as UK Undergrad 1 2y
+17 International Management or Industrial Economics at University of Nottingham 9 2y
+31 Bocconi Msc Finance - Can’t Speak Italian. Worth it? 19 2y
+7 SMU Cox or Boston College Carroll? 5 2y
+24 Return on a U.K. MFin? 9 2y
0 choose between Essec and Fsfm-for a master degree 1 2y
+9 IIT MSF and Zicklin MSF 0 2y
0 Darden - MBA Exchange Career Chances 2 2y
+9 Profile Evaluation | Master Programs 1 2y
+43 SG Universities: MSF or MBA? 12 2y
0 Which undergrad school to pick 1 2y
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+20 Where do I apply for MSc Fin? Frankfurt School of Finance and Management? 6 2y
+10 Profile Evaluation for Vanderbilt MSF 6 2y
+1 MSRE at SMU Cox School of Business 2 2y
0 MSRE at SMU Cox School of Business 1 2y
+16 Profile Evaluation For European Masters In Finance 2025 9 2y
+6 Uni Courses? 2 2y
+50 MS in Accounting and Fundamental Analysis - Columbia Business School 13 2y
+12 Affordable USA undergraduates 1 2y
+9 Need some advice on MSF applications 1 2y
+1 Morgan Stanley 2024 MBA Investment Banking Associate Program 2 2y
+9 Choosing which University 1 2y
+22 International Exchange Semester 5 2y
+44 My future after Bocconi? 23 2y
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+10 Advice on University Transfer (Australia) 2 2y
+31 Master in Finance at IE Business School? 32 2y
+53 University for Undergrad Econ 49 2y
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0 Is Kim-Ill Sung University a target school? 1 2y
+6 McGill / UNSW / University of Birmingham for Exchange 2 2y
0 College tier list US for IB 3 2y
+14 Pro basketball player in Asia -> MBA 4 2y
0 Uni Adelaide Finance & Banking student 1 2y
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+16 Need advice on what to do next in my career. Second tier masters or an MBA (SMU Cox) after Bocconi and UIUC? 7 2y
+25 Utterly confused. Have to choose between these 4 schools for MBA. Goal - IB 18 2y
+13 CUHK Quantitative Finance and Risk Management job prospects 6 2y
+19 Vanderbilt MSF or UIUC MSF for International Students? 3 2y
+7 South East MBA 7 2y
+9 advice needed on MFin (non-EU targeting LDN/CPH; have few exp) 4 2y
+17 UMiami MSF VS Babson MSF VS UT Austin MSF 5 2y
+17 Duke vs UGA/GT 16 2y
+17 UK Masters admission chances? 8 2y
+3 MBA necessary for IBD associate in US, with prior BB experiences in Asia? 4 2y
+15 INSEAD MBA job prospects 8 2y
+9 MSF - McCombs, Vanderbilt, MIT, Rochester Simon, USC Marshall - and other B-Schools. 9 2y
+9 Best MSF programs in the US and UK 1 2y
+32 CUHK vs NUS 21 2y
+3 Graduate school: USC or HKU? 5 2y
+9 Masters Degree to switch from Operations to Consulting/Finance Careers 1 2y
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