+24 Vanderbilt MsF worth it? 8 10mo
+35 LIST OF TARGET SCHOOLS FOR NORMAL PEOPLE 27 10mo
+9 GMAT vs GRE for Houston post-mba investment banking recruiting. 1 10mo
0 Princeton Master of Finance 2 10mo
+18 What MBA programs should I target? SWE who's tired of writing software 3 11mo
+6 Currrent Sophmore looking to transfer to an NA university which universities should I apply to get into consulting 1 11mo
+36 Struggling Indian wanting to move abroad. European target undergrad 24 11mo
+32 Which experience? Paid parliament internship, unpaid IB internship, or paid debt collection gig? 12 11mo
+6 NESCAC Schools in the finance industry? 20 11mo
+9 Tips on a Junior Transferring into Spring 2026 for better school. 1 11mo
+1 Do MBAs do homework? 2 11mo
+8 Cornell or Vanderbilt for MBB Consulting Placement 11 11mo
+45 My thoughts on LSE vs LBS vs HEC Master's in Finance (MFA for LBS) after getting into all of them 19 11mo
0 Cooked. Non ivey or transfer (EU) 1 11mo
0 Kellogg/Booth Part time MBA - IB OCR 1 11mo
0 School or personal email on resume / for networking? 1 11mo
+14 Target schools in the Midwest? 19 11mo
+1 Jjskdkdkdkekekskskdkdkdk 3 11mo
+25 Dubai IB Post-MBA 13 11mo
+32 Ranking LACs by placements. 18 11mo
+44 Northwestern vs. Columbia is there a clear winner? 24 11mo
+30 Baruch Zicklin (Basketball) or NYU CAS 8 11mo
+14 Help Me Decide Between Community College Vs Non-Target University Transfer Plan 7 11mo
0 Better Undergrad school for finance: Northeastern or Fordham? 2 11mo
+5 Northeastern or Middlebury? 4 11mo
+6 Transferring for Finance — UF, Georgia Tech, UVA, UGA, Richmond, or Miami? 2 11mo
+21 Freshman at Target - Rejected from Finance Clubs, What Am I Doing Wrong? 11 11mo
+15 help choose LAC and NESCAC colleges for IB/career in wall street 7 11mo
+15 Best Liberal Arts College for Finance? 16 11mo
+9 Undergraduate Final Year Advice 2 11mo
+7 Duke Kunshan University (Duke University campus in China) 3 11mo
+9 Imperial/LSE/ Msc Finance? 4 11mo
+9 Ross vs Stern vs Vanderbilt HOD vs USC undergrad for MBB/I bank 4 11mo
+23 What college should I chose if I want to go into IB? 13 11mo
0 Do Headhunters Look at College Transcripts 3 11mo
+9 Evaluating potential transition from pre-MBA co-investments role to post-MBA direct investing 1 11mo
+12 Any thoughts on the "tier 2 ucs"? 5 11mo
0 HKU undergrad 1 11mo
+15 Is MSC in RE worth it? 7 11mo
+18 Transfer to Baruch from Community College for Economics 10 11mo
+17 Starting from ground zero - what to do? 3 11mo
+34 LSE MSc Finance — Worth the £££ or Overhyped Brand? 10 11mo
0 Deferred admissions MBA + GMAT 1 11mo
0 'degree is not important as long as you're from the target schools' is this a british thing, or more of a general thing? 2 11mo
+7 Duke Kunshan University 1 11mo
+9 MSF in Europe or MBA later on to avoid being pidgeonholed? 1 11mo
+30 I need to get out of UChicago. Where should I go? 19 11mo
+6 Is It Worth It For Me To Do a Master of Science? 2 11mo
0 How do I get into target schools 1 11mo
+11 Club Written Application Advice 2 11mo
+7 WashU vs Emory for MBB consulting 4 11mo
+14 What transfer is worth it? 7 11mo
0 How to get into competitive Graduate Programs? 1 11mo
+9 Right Time to Apply? Please Help a Lost Monkey Out! 1 11mo
+23 Questions from a Korean high schooler 22 11mo
+193 Q&A: I got into two T10 MBA programs with a <3.0 GPA 44 11mo
+21 Does IE university place well in Consulting? 16 11mo
+47 Went to Harvard Law School and still feel like a failure. 19 11mo
+62 Is HBS / Wharton MBA / Stanford GSB worth it? 28 12mo
0 what SAT score should be mentioned for finance? 2 12mo
+16 MBA in the U.S. as an international? 7 12mo
+49 Bocconi AFC vs ESCP MiM 32 12mo
+9 Profile Eval Chances at LBS MFA/LSE/Oxford/Cambridge (M22, Pakistan) 1 12mo
+4 MIT Master of Finance 10 12mo
+9 Should I go for my second Master in Finance in a target school? 2 12mo
+4 Chances on Admission to LBS? (Round 1 for 2026/27) 5 12mo
+3 are target schools in UK still useful to build careers in other countries? 1 12mo
0 Thoughts on Swarthmore? 1 1y
0 Impact of Post-Bacc Coursework on GPA and MBA Admissions 1 1y
+10 Semi-target engineering student - I hate my degree 2 1y
+3 Oxford vs Chicago Booth 6 1y
+2 ND or Chicago? 4 1y
+11 Best Major for NYC IB 14 1y
+111 UChicago's True Place in Finance 48 1y
+53 Bocconi vs. Warwick 25 1y
+22 UVA vs UMICH vs NYU vs Georgetown ED/EA 13 1y
0 UVA vs UMICH vs NYU vs Georgetown ED/EA 1 1y
+8 Didn't Take SAT... 7 1y
+25 Non-target School Aiming for the Stars 9 1y
+10 Thoughts on MBA post-MBB? 3 1y
+12 Columbia Business School MSAFA program reputation on the street 7 1y
+10 LSE or UNC 2 1y
0 Stay in America or go to the UK for school 4 1y
+6 Does being in the Business school matter THAT much? 1 1y
+89 University of Miami (FL) MBA: The Rundown 11 1y
+39 Why Are Wharton / Penn People Insufferable to Network With? 18 1y
+24 deleted 18 1y
+7 Junior in High School worried about grades 2 1y
+16 MS Finance in the US - worth it? 12 1y
+20 Incoming Freshman at Target; Some Questions moving forward. 10 1y
+15 NYU Gallatin of Individual Study - Good Enough for IB? 2 1y
+14 Architecture to Finance Pivot: Is an MSF + CFA L1 Enough for Entry Roles? 5 1y
+6 Post MBA Job Search 1 1y
+3 Post-MBA recruiting [prior experience] 1 1y
+33 Going to Law School ruined my career - what now? 13 1y
+13 Stern vs Ross Undergrad for Banking and gunning for PE or HF 4 1y
+33 Penn, Harvard, Columbia, UVA, now Northwestern Presidents resign 30 1y
+22 MBA Decisons 16 1y
0 What should I double major in? 2 1y
0 Possible to recruit for Chi out of Penn vs NU uchicago ND etc? 2 1y

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