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+50 UMich Ross vs Georgetown McDonough vs UC Berkeley Haas vs UT Austin BHP vs UCLA vs USC Marshall 19 1y
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+5 Cornell $200k debt? 8 1y
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+24 Master in Finance with no work experience - What to choose? 12 1y
0 LBS MiM vs LSE MSc Management and Strategy vs INSEAD MiM 1 1y
+10 Bayes / Cass 9 1y
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0 GPA as an undergraduate vs graduate student 1 1y
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0 Please help me choose! 1 1y
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+7 Uni Choices- IB 6 1y
+11 Esade vs HEC vs LBS 3 1y
+9 Ms Finance and Accounting (Imperial) vs LSE, LBS? 6 1y
+9 LSE MScF vs LBS MFA for IB / PE in London. 1 1y
+9 IB/AM from Swiss university? 1 1y
+38 Bocconi vs. UCL for London 24 1y
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+12 Confused International Student (Haas vs Home country) 5 1y
+6 Singapore Management University As An International Student 8 1y
+23 2 year GAP for UK, how bad is it? 14 1y
+16 LSE vs SSE (undergrad) 3 1y
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+17 LSE BSc Finance vs. BSc Accounting & Finance – Which Is Better for Europe Finance Careers? 6 1y
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+7 Warwick or Bayes? (Norwegian student) 6 1y
+1 CBS or UCL MSc in finance? 3 1y
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0 Bocconi, SSE, NHH 1 1y
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+11 MSc Finance LSE vs MSc Finance Bocconi (Full scolar) 7 1y
+8 Columbia (Dual BA) or LSE?? 2 1y
+13 BU vs Warwick 8 1y
0 Bocconi, UCL,LSE, Warwick? 2 1y
+20 Bocconi for London IB from CEE - Realistic Path? 12 1y
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+45 Topic 43 1y
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+20 LSE vs Tulane 7 1y
0 I screwed!! 2 1y
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+1 ucl vs Imperial 4 1y
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0 EUR B-school rep in SEA/Asia? 1 1y
+9 Imperial Msc Finance & Accounting or Taking over Grandma's business 2 1y
+12 WHU exchange or stay put? 1 1y
+5 How is University of Bristol? 9 1y
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+7 Imperial MSc I&WM Reputation? 8 1y
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+5 Post MBA offer as analyst not associate 7 1y
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