+41 CFA® Level 1 tips and thoughts 34 8y
+41 Stanford vs. LSE (Undergrad for both) – Best Choice for IB/PE Career in US & Europe? 22 1y
+41 The numbers side of business - blah 24 14y
+41 State School Undergrad = NO CHANCE FOR M7??? 30 8y
+41 The Economist 2012 Rankings 31 13y
+41 MBA vs. eMBA -- do recruiters view it differently? 18 6y
+41 Bocconi Msc in Finance : Profile Evaluation and Advice 38 9y
+41 JD/MBA for REPE / REHF 22 6y
+41 The Middle Class White Boy's Burden 25 6y
+41 DO I NEED A REALITY CHECK? HELP? 31 3y
+41 Manhattan GMAT Class: online or in-person? 47 9y
+41 European Vs American Graduation system 15 6y
+41 What's the best school for investment banking? 8 6y
+41 Does SCHOOL Prestige compensate for BANK Prestige? 17 3y
+41 Is the Need To Go to A Target School Going Away? 13 6y
+41 MBA -> IB with Poor Work Experience/Background 4 4y
+41 URGENT: UT - Austin McCombs vs Emory Goizueta ( undergrad ) 47 6y
+41 Decision Made 45 12y
+41 Rice MBA vs SMU MBA (+ $50k scholarship funding) 31 6y
+41 How does on campus recruiting work? 36 11y
+41 If You Could Do It All Over Again 6 9y
+41 Should I get a 2nd MBA? 42 6y
+41 CMV: WashU sucks 30 3y
+41 Got Dinged from 1 of my 2 Top Choice programs! What do you think are my chances for LBS MFA? 23 2y
+41 MBA Recommendation Letters 11 2y
+41 Pre MBA Internship (Unpaid) 8 6y
+41 Top 16 schools like Haas that explicitly prefer the GMAT to GRE? 16 8y
+41 MBA - school visit required? 32 11y
+41 Is the GMAT an IQ test? 29 10y
+41 Typos in MBA applications 31 4y
+41 University of St. Gallen Master in Banking and Finance 35 6y
+41 Babson College vs Middlebury College 18 3y
+41 Does having the CFA help for MBA admission? 21 8y
+41 Undergrad B-School Environment Changing 21 6y
+41 Top B-School Resume Books 124 9y
+41 MBA Tier List for Investment Banking 15 6y
+41 What can I do about my GPA? 9 4y
+40 What to study at MIT to make it to Wall Street... Engineering, Business, or Math? 34 6y
+40 GPA 2.1 possible for Kellog? 14 6y
+40 For undergrad, any major difference in outcome/prestige UMich Ross vs. Notre Dame Mendoza? 14 6y
+40 Should I transfer to a super target? (COVID-19 edition) 25 6y
+40 Is Stern still a target? 23 8y
+40 Delaying graduation by a year by doing an MSc? 9 2y
+40 Is Kings College London a good institution for Investment Banking? 51 4y
+40 Veteran In Need of Help 6 8y
+40 GMAT Prep 700, Real test 640 23 10mo
+40 NYU Stern Vs. UMiami Herbert for undergrad Finance 15 3y
+40 Business School is useless, books are better 11 3y
+40 Anyone from St.Gallen? 22 6y
+40 Transfer Decision Help! UIUC or UMich or UNC? 31 6y
+40 Calling all Canadians. Esp Canadian MBA grads. 25 6y
+40 Penn State Honors vs IU Kelley vs UT Honors vs Umich Ross 18 6y
+40 MSc in Finance: Rotterdam (RSM) vs. Stockholm (SSE) 48 3y
+40 MBA or Master in Management 23 7y
+40 which of these IB targets have the most grade inflation? 45 4y
+40 How do you view these 2nd tier MBA schools for IB? Thanks 36 12y
+40 MS Finance - Simon Business School 17 5y
+40 Profile Evaluation: MSc in Finance at LBS, LSE, Imperial, Said or MIT 17 6y
+40 Duke Fuqua vs. Yale SOM 24 6y
+40 Choosing Undergrad College (USC vs. Cal vs. GTown vs. NYU) 31 6y
+40 Is Stern undergrad that bad? 35 5y
+40 Best target schools for normal people 20 2y
+40 UCLA for IB: 2021 24 4y
+40 How is Baruch College's reputation in the general field of Finance in NYC? 73 12y
+40 should I go to oxford? 43 4y
+40 Shameful Behaviour from the UK University 20 3y
+40 Brown vs Penn CAS 18 6y
+40 University of Maryland MBA for Investment Banking? 37 1y
+40 MiM: LBS, LSE, HEC Paris 18 6y
+40 Post MBA Visa sponsorship - US or UK 18 6y
+40 MSF to Consulting? 23 6y
+40 Amherst College v Durham University 17 8y
+40 RSM vs ESCP vs SSE vs Bayes as a not native and stay in that market? 32 3d
+40 MSc. at Cass or LSE? 24 6y
+40 Are elite boarding schools overrated? Colleague's little brother just graduated from one... 18 6y
+40 Wharton or Reapply? 20 6y
+40 Have to attend UTampa... am I fucked 17 3y
+40 Northwestern, Gtown, Stern, Cornell or Brown 27 10y
+40 Wharton Business School: Entrepreneurship Speech 7 10y
+40 Taking large loan for UK MSc 45 1y
+40 Financial Times MSc Finance Rankings 2014 78 4y
+40 Are these semi-targets even worth considering? 32 6y
+40 Indiana (Kelley) vs Boston College (Carroll) Undergrad 28 6y
+40 ED NYU Stern vs. UChicago for IB Recruiting 31 5mo
+40 Duke MMS vs Villanova MSF vs NYU MA Econ for breaking into IB 10 1y
+40 Can an “excuse essay”/ life story help me get into a target/semi-target MSF? 11 6y
+40 Will sales keep me out of top MBA? 30 9y
+39 Please analyze my chances to get into a top 10 B-School! 29 6y
+39 Is UChicago undergrad a Wall Street (IBD) feeder or no? 19 6y
+39 Why don't people just apply to every MBA program in the top-20? 14 8y
+39 Hypothetical - Harvard Business School 22 13y
+39 Applying for MBA and Recruiting at the Same Time? 9 6y
+39 Profile Evaluation Msc finance 29 6y
+39 Undergrad: University of Illinois or University of Rochester? 13 6y
+39 MIT Sloan MBA 17 6y
+39 Spread the Love for LACs 54 1y
+39 Wharton MBA - thoughts on IM to Consulting or PE? 6 10y
+39 MBA - To be or not to be? 11 10y
+39 Undergrad - UChicago vs. Brown vs. other schools for Economics 32 6y
+39 Q&A: Boutique Bank in Chile -> Wharton 26 3y

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