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+21 Does IE university place well in Consulting? 16 9mo
+47 Went to Harvard Law School and still feel like a failure. 19 9mo
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+7 UK MFin programmes - Mixed Opinions 4 10mo
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+49 Bocconi AFC vs ESCP MiM 32 10mo
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+4 MIT Master of Finance 10 10mo
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+3 are target schools in UK still useful to build careers in other countries? 1 10mo
+10 Semi-target engineering student - I hate my degree 2 10mo
+3 Oxford vs Chicago Booth 6 10mo
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+53 Bocconi vs. Warwick 25 10mo
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0 interviewing investment bankers for my university thesis 1 10mo
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+39 Average Ivy League Grad Is POOR?! 37 10mo
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+7 Gap Year or non-oxbridge UNI 4 10mo
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+13 Del 10 10mo
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+5 My chances for LBS MFA & other finance masters 6 11mo
+6 6-8YOE at sub-scale SM LO going to MBA to change geos, but am i too old? 1 11mo
+9 Bocconi MSc Finance or..? 10 11mo
+21 How important is major in the UK? 26 11mo
+11 New York University Shanghai Campus 7 11mo
+23 Does course at UK Unis even matter for IB placement anymore? 13 11mo
+6 Applying to Graduate Schemes as a MSc Student 2 11mo
+79 Screwed up my A Levels, what courses can I go for to still make it in IB? 45 11mo
+14 Uni choice for investment banking uk 26 11mo
+19 Help me (🇺🇸) decide a UK uni for FO IB 21 11mo
0 UBC Sauder VS Pitt business 2 11mo
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+16 Career advice - next move? 4 11mo
+14 Target/Semi Target Universities UK 30 11mo
0 Oxford MBA worth it for IB or PE? 4 11mo
+6 Durham ECON or UCL History for IB? 6 11mo
+9 Need advice! 1 11mo
0 Warwick History or Exeter PPE 1 11mo
+31 UW-Madison v/s Warwick 45 11mo
0 Top-tier University but non-finance degree? 1 11mo
+5 Is Westminster, Loughborough or Cass good for IB placement 12 11mo
+4 Non target course at Target uni? 1 11mo
+14 UCL MSc Finance 4 11mo
+2 MAFINRISK Bocconi vs MSc Finance Bocconi—Which one should I choose? How do their career opportunities compare? 2 11mo
+24 Opinions? Cambridge REF Masters V.S. No Masters 5 11mo
+10 Chances of post-MBA finance / consulting after UK army officer? 1 11mo
0 Durham or Manchester 1 11mo
+13 Undergraduate BOCCONI vs OTHER TARGET SCHOOLS 14 11mo
+34 Breaking in Investment Banking from ESCP Business School 23 11mo
+5 Best Universities for Real Estate in the World (EduRank) 6 11mo
+9 Will my 1.5yr gap in the undergrad affect my gradschool/summer app UK? 3 11mo
+9 BA vs BSc at KCL (due to Semester Abroad) 1 11mo
+3 GS Academies London - open to men? (no mention of women ONLY) 20 11mo
+6 GMAT or GRE for Target Masters 2 11mo
+29 LBS MFA NOW OR MIT MFin 1 gap year? 11 11mo
+16 MSc Finance at Warwick or UCL? 6 12mo
+22 ESCP vs EUR 27 12mo
+9 Graduate Accounting 1 12mo
+22 BBA Essec vs Bsc Finance: Data science at Exeter university 9 12mo
0 Bristol Politics+Economics vs Econ+Finance 1 12mo
+12 Internship between A Levels and Uni 5 1y
+17 LSE MSc International Political Economy 5 1y
+13 Warwick PPE or UCL HPE? 5 1y
+12 Realistic MSc Finance Targets with 331 GRE (161V / 170Q) 3 1y
+93 Max Prestige W Aura Official 21st Century Everything Rankings 37 1y
0 City, University of London- Finance BSc or Economics BSc? 2 1y
+9 confused between Warwick and Ashoka 1 1y
+19 London Comp so low 18 1y
+13 Unsure about my capabilities. What should I aim for? 4 1y
+7 Is a target school needed to be a Quant? 3 1y
+19 Is LSE worth it for internationals? 39 1y
0 Economics and management at Warwick for IB? 2 1y
+9 Oxford Masters in Financial Economics 6 1y
+33 Comprehensive guide of studies in France 18 1y
0 MSc Finance at Bath or MSc Business & Finance at Warwick 1 1y
+30 Post MBA IBD Recruitment from LBS 22 1y
+4 Chances at HEC/LBS/LSE 12 1y
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