+1 UCSD or UCL for Masters in Finance 3 1y
+9 Fordham (Gabelli - Finance) or UCLA (Pre-business economics) or UMD (Smith - Finance) for IB? 1 1y
+154 Columbia vs. UChicago cannot decide. 82 1y
+22 Asking for help deciding my future: Northeastern vs Fordham vs Rutgers vs IE University 8 1y
+23 McGill Full Ride vs. Western Ivey 15 1y
+6 $200K in loans for an MBA at Columbia, Booth, or NYU—versus full tuition plus stipend from Harvard MPP, Columbia MPA, and Stanford MPP (funded by the external foundation) 1 1y
+14 UVA McIntire VS UVA Econ 4 1y
+25 S&T Target Schools List 8 1y
+18 Haas MBA for RE Career Change 2 1y
+6 2025 Deferred MBA Thread 1 1y
+9 US vs Canada university application advice 1 1y
+5 Is Baruch college a semi-target school? 7 1y
+9 EY target school list 1 1y
+9 Summer Options for IB 3 1y
0 NYC MBB Consulting Tier List (top school in each tier is the best) 1 1y
0 2025 NYC IB Tier List 4 1y
0 college recruiting question 1 1y
+3 How did Stern do this recruiting cycle? 5 1y
+1 Target Universities in Italy 4 9mo
+8 WashU Msf Placement 13 6mo
+9 Should I do REGAL after bschool, please advice 1 1y
+3 Duke v Brown v ND ($$) 8 1y
+7 UCLA(Bus Econ) vs USC (Marshall) vs CAL (Econ) for IB after college west coast 4 1y
+1 How did target/semi-target schools do this cycle? 4 1y
+16 USC Marshall or Umich Ross for IB 11 1y
0 Best Transfer Schools for Investment Banking 2 1y
0 Bama or UMD 2 1y
+11 Ames vs. Ohio impact on diversity recruiting 3 1y
0 Better Undergrad school for finance: Northeastern or Fordham? 2 11mo
+5 Cornell $200k debt? 8 1y
0 LBS MiM vs LSE MSc Management and Strategy vs INSEAD MiM 1 1y
+22 Break into IB 10 7mo
+15 NOVA SBE VS. IE Business School 4 1y
+3 Chicago L/S 2 1y
+14 İs Exeter a 'okay' uni for finance and consulting? 5 6mo
+11 Emory or Boston College 6 6mo
+25 Undergrad Cornell vs UF vs Rutgers 9 1y
+1 Best US master's program for NYC IB? 2 1y
0 Umich Ross vs Georgetown College (econ) vs UVA (econ and hopefully mcintire) 4 1y
+31 Non-targets with Good Placement List 23 1y
+58 Is Penn State A Semi-Target School? 24 1y
+42 NYU Stern v Cornell Dyson Undergrad 20 3d
+1 Northwestern vs. Peking 4 1y
+14 Northwestern or Williams 18 1y
+12 Real and Accurate Guide to IU Kelley Clubs/Business Frats 5 1y
0 Cornell Johnson MBA for Project Finance IB Career 2 1y
0 IU Kelley vs Qcomm 1 1y
+70 Real 2025 Indiana University IB Club Prestige Rankings 31 6d
+8 Imperial Efds vs ucl econ 8 1y
0 UNC KF Undergrad vs Georgetown for IB 1 1y
+6 Best Universities for masters in Finance in UK for IB 3 1y
+3 Choosing Between MSc Finance Offers: Bayes vs. Nottingham as an International Student 3 1y
+6 Engineering to MBA to Project Finance? 1 1y
+3 Notre Dame vs. Rice vs. Penn State Smeal 5 1y
0 I need to improve on my Gmat fast 1 1y
+46 2025 Investment Banking Target Schools Ranking 12 8mo
+19 UCL Economics vs LSE Economics and Economic History 10 7mo
+9 IU Kelley (Hutton Honors) vs Rutgers Business – Worth the Extra Cost? 2 1y
0 SSE Prospects for International Students 2 1y
+9 UCL Vs Durham Vs Penn State Vs Purdue for investment banking/Private Equity 1 1y
0 what are the top 10 ib target schools ranked other than hypsm 1 1y
+7 Georgetown MSF Extraordinary Career Outcomes 4 1y
+25 MSF to break in? 11 1y
+6 UT Austin Economics vs IU Kelley 2 1y
+6 NYU stern vs USC marshall 4 1y
+14 University advice (Warwick vs KCL) 7 1y
+9 Transferring as a Junior to increase my odds. 1 1y
+9 Breaking Into IB - MSF a route? 1 1y
+3 Oxford vs Chicago Booth 6 1y
+6 Wharton MBA value? 1 1y
+31 Northeastern University or Colby College 21 1y
0 GPA as an undergraduate vs graduate student 1 1y
+10 Bocconi MiF vs ESSEC MiF 1 1y
+17 London BB Associate to STEM/Humanities MSc 12 1y
0 Please help me choose! 1 1y
0 How can I excel in Finance and land a good job/Internship, while not being at a target school. 1 1y
+12 HBS ($) GSB ($) or Wharton ($$) 4 1y
+9 UC Berkeley Haas or UNC (In-state) for banking 2 1y
+6 GMAT or GRE for Target Masters 2 1y
+1 Dartmouth vs penn CAS 2 1y
0 Cal Poly SLO, CC->USC (1 year), UCR, or CSUF for investment banking 3 1y
+3 georgetown vs stern vs ross vs northwestern vs chicago vs cornell vs brown vs dartmouth (all econ except stern and ross) 7 1y
0 NYU Schack 1 1y
+9 Faculty boost at HYPS vs ED0 at UChicago.... 4 1y
+7 Uni Choices- IB 6 1y
+9 LSE MScF vs LBS MFA for IB / PE in London. 1 1y
+9 IB/AM from Swiss university? 1 1y
+9 stanford (90k coa) or boston college (20k coa, gabelli scholar)? 7 1y
+5 Is the Saint Gallen university good for Investment Banking In Europe and World wide? 6 1y
+8 UChi Booth Mif v.s Colombia MFE 35 9mo
0 Free Master's from Alabama or UNC Chapel Hill In-state 1 1y
+16 Why isn’t Bentley University Target? 8 1y
0 incoming first year at HBS - AMA 2 1y
0 High School Senior Looking for Summer Internship 1 1y
+12 MBA prep 1 1y
+20 When / if to take GMAT 16 1y
+19 Berkeley Haas Vs Georgetown MSB 3 1y
+50 UMich Ross vs Georgetown McDonough vs UC Berkeley Haas vs UT Austin BHP vs UCLA vs USC Marshall 19 1y
+5 georgetown vs ucla vs uc berkeley vs washu vs vandy vs emory for economics and stats (just rank them) 6 1y
0 MS finance from Baruch for IB? 1 1y

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