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+93 Max Prestige W Aura Official 21st Century Everything Rankings 37 1y
+9 Rising Sophomore: Colby for 38k and recruit here or Transfer to a target school 1 1y
+5 OSU OR INDIANA UNIVERSITY 6 1y
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+12 Blackstone Weird TargetSchool List 8 1y
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+16 Is MSF right for me? 20 1y
+2 100% ACCURATE TARGET SCHOOL RANKING BY CHATGPT 3 1y
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+6 Morgan Stanley Pre-MBA Insights vs. Summer Internship Recruiting 1 1y
+17 Georgetown MSF? 20 1y
+8 U Chicago Booth MiF 6 1y
+5 Georgetown Placement Question 11 1y
+25 Best MBAs for West Coast Real Estate Private Equity Recruitment 8 1y
+14 non-US MBAs 4 1y
+30 Post MBA IBD Recruitment from LBS 22 1y
+9 Breaking in for MBA Internship Post-MBA 1 1y
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+17 Berkeley vs UMich vs Georgetown 9 1y
+23 Berkeley Haas for investment banking 16 1y
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+73 Why INSEAD's MBA places so bad in banking? 28 1y
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+154 Columbia vs. UChicago cannot decide. 82 1y
+3 Got into UVA transfer 5 1y
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+15 $95K/year for UChicago Econ vs. Free SSE—What’s the Smart Play? 5 1y
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+30 T25 --> T10 38 1y
+10 MiM vs MSF programs 2 1y
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+16 Help Me Decide: UCD vs UW–Madison vs Radboud 8 1y
+20 Northwestern vs Georgetown vs Ross vs Vanderbilt 16 1y
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0 The only LAC colleges worth it...LAC deep dive (using data/my opinion) 14 1y
0 Lincoln Regional Office vs. HW Richmond HQ 3 1y
+28 Best Undergraduate School for IB 15 1y
+18 How to get Interest from Elite Schools for Chicago BB? 7 1y
+19 Del 10 1y
0 FINAL Undergraduate University Prestige Tier List to Clear up Misconceptions 6 1y
0 Masters and MBA opportunities after SSE bachelors 1 1y
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+2 UCB vs NU vs Gtown 1 1y
0 Cornell Nolan to IB? 3 1y
+6 USC Marshall or Umich Econ (LSA) 1 1y
+15 Brown v Northwestern 8 1y
0 Duke vs Georgetown vs Berkeley vs Northwestern 17 1y
+2 Northwestern PoliSci vs. UVa Commerce 7 1y
+9 Stay in role or MBA? 1 1y
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0 Undergrad BBA: Emory Goizeuta (half tuition) vs. UMich Ross (full pay) 2 1y
+109 UChicago Finance Club Official Rankings 41 1y
0 IB Recruiting Questions 1 1y
+8 Northwestern econ vs UMich Ross vs Georgetown econ vs Duke econ 22 1y
+10 Is an MBA worth it for me? 2 1y
+95 JD vs. MBA 97 1y
+20 Going to a Midwest Semi Target is Paradise 2 1y
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+15 Weird Situation - US Master of Finance for London Recruiting ('26 SA) 14 1y
+14 [Transfer Decision] Columbia GS Financial Econ vs UC Berkeley Haas 6 1y
+13 Emory Oxford vs IU Kelley Hutton Honors undergrad 6 1y
+15 Northeastern or Washu for better IB placement? 5 1y
0 Duke MMS: FOB vs Notre Dame MSF 1 1y
+29 18-year-old studying for CFA and looking for pre-university internships 15 1y
+12 MBA Pick: Michigan Ross$$ vs. Cornell Johnson$$ vs. UVA Darden$$ v Duke Fuqua(WL) - for IB 1 1y
+4 ***INVESTMENT BANKING TARGET SCHOOLS LIST 2025*** 12 1y
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+14 UVA McIntire VS UVA Econ 4 1y
0 How would you tier list all of these for NYC IB? all econ major no b-school except umich, uva, upenn, and cornell 3 1y
+3 Duke vs UChicago vs Georgetown vs Northwestern (all econ) vs UMich Ross vs UVA Mcintire 9 1y
+9 Advice on EC's and Undergraduate Admissions 1 1y
+9 Help Me Make A Decision 3 1y
+10 Help Me Decide 4 1y
+10 USC Marshall (79K per year) or Michigan Ross (80K per year) undergrad? Hoping to work in Sports IB or Sports VC 4 1y
0 Deciding Between IU Kelley and Wake Forest for Finance (IB Focus) 1 1y
+13 USC Dornsife Econ/UCLA Econ for West Coast IB - Worth it? 5 1y

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