+58 Best MSc Finance programs in UK / Europe 59 1w
+7 Transferring from SMU to T20 for Wall St 2 1w
0 Is Cambridge or Oxford more recognized in the world? 25 1mo
+22 Cambridge vs Duke (Undergrad) 6 1mo
+7 Purdue Daniels vs. Miami (OH) Farmer for IB? 1 1mo
+9 UofT Rotman Commerce reputation in Asia vs. Ivey Business School 9 1mo
+11 The Great Debate 29 1mo
+89 MSF Rankings 2024 88 2mo
+3 I just recently Got into SMU (COX) as well as Bentley University. I got into both for Finance. where should I go? im thinking about asset management and do not really care what city I end up in 1 2mo
+10 My college decisions so far help me with insight 1 2mo
+420 Dark side of INSEAD - how the school destroyed the life of one MBA 88 3mo
+15 “Non-US banker: Ivy MBA but concerned about visa risk” 3 4mo
+782 Comprehensive Undergraduate Target Schools Tier List 2020 375 4mo
+19 Columbia or SMU undergrad 16 5mo
+21 SMU will be the next target school for IB for Texas and NYC 6 5mo
+12 USC Marshall vs SMU Cox Undergrad Transfer 2 5mo
+1 Sneaky Top Collegiate Student Org? 3 6mo
0 Thoughts on SMU 1 6mo
+36 Struggling Indian wanting to move abroad. European target undergrad 24 7mo
+34 LSE MSc Finance — Worth the £££ or Overhyped Brand? 10 8mo
+9 Will LSE or LBS Actually Place Me in London IB? (Indian, CFA L1, No Internships)” 4 9mo
+9 Monash vs. UWA for Business/Finance Careers in Hong Kong? 1 9mo
0 Dreaming of London IB/PE: LSE MSc Fin vs LBS MFA (Indian Undergrad, No Exp) 1 9mo
+5 Undergrad Unis for IB or Consulting 7 9mo
+5 Best Universities for Real Estate in the World (EduRank) 6 10mo
+6 TCU vs SMU vs Villanova vs Syracuse vs USC (reach) vs BU vs Tulane 10 10mo
+1 SMU Cox Vs UMich LSA 4 10mo
0 SMU vs Wake Forest 1 10mo
+93 Max Prestige W Aura Official 21st Century Everything Rankings 37 10mo
+13 Post MBA (INSEAD/LBS) career opportunities 5 11mo
+2 100% ACCURATE TARGET SCHOOL RANKING BY CHATGPT 3 11mo
+18 SMU Cox vs UT Austin Econ for UG 4 11mo
+18 How Screwed am I? - Need Advice on MiF Programs for Career Switchers into SnT/IB 7 11mo
+9 What do I do? 2 11mo
+9 Syracuse University worth for ib, high finance? 2 12mo
+9 Syracuse University for ib, high finance? 1 12mo
+6 UK vs US undergrad 1 1y
+17 Bocconi BIEF/HEC-Bocconi Dual degree/Warwick/ESSEC GBBA/Tsinghua 5 1y
+19 Del 10 1y
+14 SMU (Cox) vs. Columbia GS – Sophomore Transfer Decision for IB Recruiting 4 1y
0 2025 NYC IB Tier List 4 1y
+9 College list for IB/AM/Consulting (Need help) 1 1y
0 smu singapore vs kcl foundation year 1 1y
0 NYC MBB Consulting Tier List (top school in each tier is the best) 1 1y
+9 Breaking Into IB - MSF a route? 1 1y
+3 Will LSE help me place well in Dubai? 6 1y
+6 Singapore Management University As An International Student 8 1y
0 Undergrad School Help (IU vs W&M vs NU vs SMU) 1 1y
0 Help me Choose Undergrad School 1 1y
0 UNSW v Kings college london foundation year 1 1y
+8 Is Umich LSA worth 85k/yr as a transfer? 4 1y
+10 SMU vs Indiana vs Fordham for IB 3 1y
0 EUR B-school rep in SEA/Asia? 1 1y
+6 SMU v URichmond v Lehigh v Kelley 1 1y
+51 UK /Aus/ China/ Malaysian uni for IB 34 1y
+30 Advice on unis for MA Economics 13 1y
+19 Jobless HBS grads 8 1y
+12 LSE vs NUS 15 1y
+36 I'm a junior in highschool, is this a good list of colleges to be applying to for investment banking? 40 1y
+10 ie v cass v essex 14 1y
+32 Best European Target Schools to Break into IB in Singapore (or Europe)? 12 1y
+3 Best Schools for Investment Banking for a High School Student With Low GPA? 1 1y
+18 Senior in HS - Which of the Schools I've gotten into would be best? 10 1y
+33 ESCP BiM vs EDHEC Global BBA 22 1y
0 What regions are NUS/NTU/SMU a target for other than HK and Singapore? 1 1y
+6 How well will NUS/NTU Econ UG placed me in Hong Kong? 5 1y
+6 US Schools for Europe Jobs? 1 1y
0 What Schools Should I Keep On The List Above IU-Kelley Hutton Honors College + SMU Cox for Finance 1 1y
+9 What MiM Schools Should I Be Targetting In Europe And Singapore? 5 1y
0 Southern Methodist University - 20k/Year Merit Acceptance to Cox School of Business 1 1y
+1 SMU vs USC for the Msc in finance - international student 4 1y
+15 Is SMU Cox a decent school for an international student for an Msc in finance with 4 years of work ex? 22 1y
+10 WUSTL or SMU MSF or neither? 2 1y
+6 Diametric Choices: Need Insights (Singapore v/s France) 2 1y
+193 Undergraduate Target Schools Tier List (2021 Updates) 95 1y
+129 Columbia GS. Too good to be true? 64 1y
+15 Please give advice on college list. 5 1y
+12 Finalizing College List Before I Go Further 7 1y
0 What MiM schools should I be targetting in Europe and Singapore? 2 1y
+29 Fudan Elite Master of Finance (EMF) as a non-chinese speaker 14 1y
+9 Non target to target transfer into IB? 3 1y
+12 uni choices for ib 22 1y
0 As a International student(Korea) should I stay in Korea in my Uni or should I transfer to a Uni in the US? 1 1y
+6 Should I apply to schools in Canada for IB 24 1y
+29 College List for IB. Need Help. 24 1y
+20 YC alum, no industry experience, MS in finance or MBA? 6 1y
+63 Is it worth it to take a loan to study at LSE? 44 1y
+11 SMU MSF to break into IB 10 1y
+10 M7 MBA - Is there any chance for me realistically to do an MBA in M7 (pref H/S/W) ? 2 1y
0 Internal transfer to SMU Cox? 3 1y
+12 Whu vs Frankfurt vs EDHEC vs IE for Master in Finance program 18 1y
+22 Help! Should I borrow $30k from Prodigy Finance? 28 1y
+10 Dual degree usyd and SciencesPo or LSE for IB 2 1y
+15 HEC Paris or Cambridge 5 1y
+1 SMU MSF vs. Simon Rochester MSF 2 1y
+9 Which EU University has a better undergraduate program for students trying to break into higher finance (IB, Private Credit, Sales & Trading & Research ) 4 1y
+6 USC Marshall vs Claremont McKenna College vs SMU Cox for IB and/or PE (Undergraduate School) 3 1y
+119 US Undergraduate University Tier Rankings 2023 - Backed by Data 55 1y
0 SMU Cox Undergraduate - Finance clubs and programs for fall 2024 transfers 0 1y
+9 NUS or Warwick MSc finance for investment banking? 10 2y

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