+32 Msc Finance for someone with a non-finance, non-econ background 22 6y
+32 Help me choose the right Msc Finance 21 6y
+32 How good are these for undergrad? 28 6y
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+32 Wharton vs. Princeton/Harvard/Stanford - Help a High School Student 25 6y
+32 Useless Honor Societies - Beta Gamma Sigma? 32 7y
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+32 Tired of Being an Engineer... 31 6y
+32 U Michigan vs. U Chicago 41 6y
+32 UG Applied Econometrics for MSF? 10 13y
+32 Bachelor in IBA at Rotterdam school of management 19 6y
+32 NYU Stern + $150K debt or Minnesota Carlson for UG Finance 27 6y
+32 NYU Stern or Barnard? 31 9y
+32 Kellogg 1 Year MBA 34 9y
+32 Stay Local or Shoot for the Stars? (for MBA) 21 6y
+32 Mfin/MSc in fin/ financial engineering at LBS/LSE etc 19 6y
+32 HBS and Haas study says-- Always Go for an Easy 'A' 22 6y
+32 U Rochester MS in Finance in NYC Value 30 6y
+32 Accept Fulbright and decline FT offer at Deloitte? 17 6y
+32 Admission to HBS, Wharton, or Stanford 16 6y
+32 The difference between the M7 and Tuck/Haas 10 12y
+32 IE vs ESADE MiF 25 4y
+32 Is there anything outside of consulting/finance after MBA worth pursuing? 14 11y
+32 Q&A: M7 admit (from consulting/industry) 15 9y
+32 Post MBA Careers for B2B Sales Experience 5 10y
+32 Walmart Leadership Development Program? 17 6y
+32 Harvard vs Oxford (Undergrad) Would love to hear your advice! 47 3y
+32 Tuck vs. Carlson ($$$) 18 6y
+32 MBA Investment Bank Associate Recruiting and the importance of GMAT? 10 9y
+32 Strategy Analyst at F500, Crush GMAT, Top 5 Business School? 11 9y
+32 How To Get into Harvard, Stanford & Booth 10 9y
+32 Undergrad: USC vs. CMC vs. CMU vs. WM 8 7y
+32 Chance me at Northwestern's JD/MBA Program 29 9y
+32 What Stock are you in the Portfolio of B School? 8 8y
+32 MPhil in Finance Cambridge vs. MFE Oxford vs. MFE or MF LSE vs. MFA LBS 20 6y
+32 Leveraging Psychiatry for a MBA 11 3y
+32 Double major Math+Finance? 13 6y
+32 Bocconi (IEF) vs University of Manchester (with an exchange year at an American university) 8 6y
+32 Which experience? Paid parliament internship, unpaid IB internship, or paid debt collection gig? 12 7mo
+32 MBA chances - high GPA but no EC 9 6y
+32 MIT Sloan MBA Social Life 7 7y
+32 Undergraduate GPA and class rank for Msc. Finance 15 6y
+32 Veteran choosing between CMU and Georgetown. Where to GO? 11 5y
+32 Chances at top Mfin 9 6y
+32 What extra-circulars really matter for undergrad? 12 6y
+32 H/S/W Realistic? 6 4y
+32 European Business Schools France 52 4y
+32 I want to start a business: Wharton vs. Booth vs. Haas vs. Cornell ($$$) vs. Columbia (WL) vs. no school? 7 5y
+32 Max Deferral of HBS 2+2 Program 8 6y
+32 Help deciding between MSc Finance at Bocconi and MSc Finance and Accounting at Imperial! 9 6y
+32 HBS 2+2 / Wharton Deferred - applying from Europe 10 6y
+32 University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland Admitted 29 4y
+32 Grades 13 6y
+32 Cass Business School vs Edinburgh Business School 5 6y
+32 Ivey vs Warwick 27 4y
+32 Master's Need Serious Help US vs UK vs FRA I am lost at this point! 6 6y
+32 Recent grad, super lost. Can anyone give advice/help me choose between an MBA, JD, or MA? 8 6y
+32 What are my chances for Deferred MBA? 13 5y
+32 At a crossroads w/ school (McCombs, Sloan Fellows, Wharton EMBA) 8 5y
+32 Undergrad WashU Olin vs USC Marshall 21 3y
+32 WashU Olin or UMich Ross for Undergrad? 19 3y
+32 LSE or HEC - help much appreciated 13 5y
+32 How is JHU looked upon in AM, HF, or PE? 11 4y
+32 Deleted 24 3y
+32 Highest-paying career post-MBA for someone already on $180,000 42 4y
+32 Cornell v/s LBS MBA 11 3y
+32 Texas A&M or Penn State? 11 4y
+32 Georgetown Placement 31 1y
+32 Q&A: Accepted to Stanford GSB / HBS / Wharton 25 3y
+32 Which school should I appliy to if I want to work in IB in the future 19 3y
+32 Ranking LACs by placements. 18 7mo
+32 New to GMAT Prep: Where do I Start? 8 3y
+32 I asked ChatGPT to write an MBA admissions essay. Here's what it wrote. 10 3y
+32 What is the reputation of University of Miami on the street? 14 2y
+32 IU vs. Wharton for Undergrad 8 3y
+32 ASU ($$$) vs IU Kelley ($) vs Emory 55 2y
+32 Deferred MBA Thread 55 1y
+32 Messed my college decision up, need help 17 2y
+32 Advice on European MSc 7 2y
+32 Bocconi MFin vs LSE MSc Finance 11 2y
+32 Bocconi vs SSE vs ESSEC vs HSG 22 1y
+32 Would it make sense to go back to bschool? 5 2y
+32 Should I take on 100k in loans to go to Emory? 35 2y
+32 HEC MIF vs MIM vs others - business schools for London S&T entry? 16 1y
+32 Breaking into IB from Part Time MBA 25 1y
+32 Best European Target Schools to Break into IB in Singapore (or Europe)? 12 1y
+32 What's Recruiting like at Non-HYPSW Targets? 7 10mo
+32 Best MSc Finance for IB London Roles 11 7mo
+32 St. Gallen (HSG) MBF vs Imperial F&A for non-german speaker 29 2mo
+31 GMAT - Looking to take the GMAT 12 3y
+31 Only Go To A Top X MBA Program (Otherwise It's Not Worth It) 17 16y
+31 Duke: MMS vs. Tulane M. Fin 27 6y
+31 Why is Rice MBA ranked so low? 31 6y
+31 Teach in Korea = Good Work Experience for Top Tier MBA/job with BB? 19 3y
+31 It's official - The Gabelli School of Business 35 15y
+31 Chicago Booth 23 6y
+31 Phd Finance-Phd Economics USA 17 6y
+31 Is doing a 3-2 MBA program a good or bad decision? 12 14y
+31 Big 4 to Finance 16 6y
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