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+26 VP Corporate Banking - MBA to pivot 7 10mo
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+9 Career switching advice (recent MBA grad) 1 10mo
+137 The Fallacy of Business School from a PE Associate 29 10mo
0 Columbia Masters in Climate Finance 1 10mo
+46 2025 Investment Banking Target Schools Ranking 12 10mo
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+8 Advice for freshman in college 2 10mo
+146 College Rankings - Ease of Placement 69 10mo
+119 2025 College Rankings 79 10mo
+9 Which Groups to Target - MBA Associate (REIB+) 1 10mo
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0 Chicago Booth MiF 1 10mo
+5 MF admissions chances 3 10mo
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+14 Do I have a good MBA profile? 2 10mo
+185 Is NYU Stern's(undergraduate) reputation increasing? 49 10mo
0 How Hard/Doable is it to break into Canadian IB coming from McGill Desautels undergrad? 1 10mo
+9 How do I win from my school? Older transfer from CC 1 10mo
+27 MSF: UT, Georgetown, or UVA ? 18 10mo
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+12 Vandy MSF Waitlist - Advice needed 2 10mo
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+18 Best Master in Finance for global IB from a non-traditional US background 3 10mo
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+11 Notre Dame Mendoza v. Georgetown McDonough 5 10mo
+6 Does Georgetown's Msf Give Scholarships? 5 10mo
+39 Stern and Wharton for IB...a huge difference? 16 10mo
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0 Bachelors, Help me Choose: UW Madison or Northeastern 1 11mo
+20 Which MSF makes most sense for me? 7 11mo
+9 MSF to IB timing confusion and potential programs 1 11mo
+9 MBA: Johnson ($$$) vs. Darden ($$) for IB 2 11mo
0 Recruiting at HBS as a former quant 1 11mo
+9 Grad School or Thug it out ? 3 11mo
+5 Target College Tier List by ChatGPT 4 11mo
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+20 MSF Degrees in the United States 20 11mo
+15 Georgetown MSF Legit? 9 11mo
+15 Which MS program should I accept? (Duke, Georgetown, Fordham) 3 11mo
+25 MSF Program to IB from Non Target School 9 11mo
+29 Is Georgetown really a target?? 14 11mo
+17 Georgetown MSF --> M7? 8 11mo
+12 PWM -> MSF->S&T 5 11mo
0 MSF Pick 2025 2 11mo
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+21 After Msc Finance 5 11mo
+6 Penn State Student (4.0 hs and college gpa so far and 36 ACT) Wanting to Transfer 5 11mo
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+6 Is NYU Economics good for IBD 3 1y
+10 Does Undergrad Still Matter After Graduate School? 4 1y
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0 NYU CAS Economics vs. Wake Forest Business School 1 1y
+7 Best College Here 4 1y
+9 Does undergrad still matter after graduate school? 1 1y
+10 Stern vs. Berkeley vs. UCLA vs. USC 16 1y
+20 US/UK Masters Chances? 14 1y
0 Is Recruiting to London Banks as a U.S. Citizen Studying at a U.S. School Possible? 2 1y
+18 Deleted 5 1y
+1 How many chats do people at your Target have currently? 3 1y
+3 How many chats do people at your school have currently? 1 1y
0 NYU and SVA Summer Housing 2 1y
+19 High School Senior, Looking for Advice... 10 1y
+1 Strongest Target 2 1y
0 Importance of target schools for S&T and transfer viability 2 1y
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