+6 USC marshall ED chance me 3 9mo
+21 Michigan Ross or UCLA 15 9mo
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+7 Gap Year or non-oxbridge UNI 4 9mo
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+28 Incoming Stanford undergrad freshmen looking for guidance 12 9mo
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+13 Del 10 9mo
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+11 Georgetown MSF (Pivoting from mfg engineering to finance advice) 4 9mo
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+9 I feel like upenn is overrated for recruiting 12 9mo
+3 Del 2 9mo
+21 How important is major in the UK? 26 9mo
+11 New York University Shanghai Campus 7 9mo
+23 Does course at UK Unis even matter for IB placement anymore? 13 9mo
+1 Penn PPE or Econ? 3 9mo
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0 UBC Sauder VS Pitt business 2 9mo
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+3 Opinions on Tulane's MME Program 1 9mo
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+23 Yale vs Caltech vs Berkeley M.E.T. - I'm so torn!!!! 11 9mo
+149 ****REAL**** Target School Rankings 2025 65 9mo
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+5 Undergrad Unis for IB or Consulting 7 9mo
+84 MSF Program Options – Viability for Breaking into IB 106 9mo
+12 Northwestern vs UChicago 3 9mo
+53 ACTUAL Target School Tier List 2024 61 9mo
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+14 UVA McIntire vs. College 4 9mo
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+31 UW-Madison v/s Warwick 45 9mo
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+78 Extreme Misconception about Cornell on this sub lately. 44 9mo
+1 Non Ivy League/HYPSM Tier List for IB 11 9mo
0 NYU Stern vs Georgetown 3 9mo
+9 Should I just apply for a MS in California? 2 9mo
+7 UChicago Placement On Par With HYPSM? 9 9mo
+13 UT Austin Mccombs vs Umish Ross 6 10mo
0 What are the best business clubs and social fraternities at Indiana University to break in to upper level finance? 3 10mo
+16 MBA TARGET SCHOOL TIER LIST FOR IB 7 10mo
0 Does going to a feeder highschool help in college when recruiting? 1 10mo
0 CMC vs Columbia 3 10mo
+7 is columbia worth EDing... 5 10mo
+6 What Can I do with an MBA? 1 10mo
+9 Got into Barnard, is it worth it 8 10mo
0 Durham or Manchester 1 10mo
+13 GRE vs GMAT for incoming MBB 5 10mo
+39 Columbia GS or state school? 9 10mo
+13 Undergraduate BOCCONI vs OTHER TARGET SCHOOLS 14 10mo
+19 Chances at Landing Vanderbilt MSF? 17 10mo
+25 Duke econ versus Chicago econ 24 10mo
0 Stay or Transfer before Recruiting 1 10mo
+21 UVA McIntire vs Baruch College- for IB  3 10mo
+20 School Choice - UVA McIntire vs Barnard College- for IB 5 10mo
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0 Middle Market Post MBA Exit Opps 1 10mo
+70 Real 2025 Indiana University IB Club Prestige Rankings 25 10mo
+6 MSF Duel Degree Program at UMiami 1 10mo
+5 Best Universities for Real Estate in the World (EduRank) 6 10mo
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+8 Will I make it? 8 10mo
0 What should I do starting my freshman year of college? 1 10mo
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0 Harvard Extension School or NYU? 1 10mo
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+9 BA vs BSc at KCL (due to Semester Abroad) 1 10mo
+5 Stern Kids Get Hired, But Struggle to Get Promoted? Industry Truth or Myth? 2 10mo
+4 How do Canadian schools compare in hiring ? 3 10mo
+29 LBS MFA NOW OR MIT MFin 1 gap year? 11 10mo
+32 What's Recruiting like at Non-HYPSW Targets? 7 10mo
+19 Vanderbilt University 3 10mo
+31 3.125 at NYC semi-target, what do I have going for me? 15 10mo
0 Any advice you would give a sophomore at a non-target school for IB? 1 10mo
+13 IU Kelley or Vanderbilt 2 10mo
0 USC or Tulane Transfer 1 10mo
+14 IB Analyst @ NYC EB.....but =(lateral from regional boutique + non-target school = clueless on exits) 6 10mo
+9 Graduate Accounting 1 10mo
0 Transferring schools -- what to do with previous network? 1 10mo
+46 Target School Rankings (IB + Buyside) 31 10mo
+18 University of Texas EMBA Value 2 10mo
+5 UIUC Fall ’25 Intl Math→Math + CS (Business LLC) – IB Strategy? 4 10mo
0 UT Austin Econ or A&M mays 1 10mo
+1 SMU Cox Vs UMich LSA 4 10mo
+26 Target School Tier List for Consulting - 2025 16 10mo
+27 Duke MMS / USC MSF / Georgetown MSF which one to go for 11 10mo
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