+18 What MBA programs should I target? SWE who's tired of writing software 3 7mo
+6 Currrent Sophmore looking to transfer to an NA university which universities should I apply to get into consulting 1 7mo
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+8 Cornell or Vanderbilt for MBB Consulting Placement 11 7mo
+45 My thoughts on LSE vs LBS vs HEC Master's in Finance (MFA for LBS) after getting into all of them 19 7mo
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+24 Dubai IB Post-MBA 13 7mo
+32 Ranking LACs by placements. 18 7mo
+44 Northwestern vs. Columbia is there a clear winner? 25 7mo
+30 Baruch Zicklin (Basketball) or NYU CAS 8 7mo
0 Better Undergrad school for finance: Northeastern or Fordham? 2 7mo
+4 Northeastern or Middlebury? 4 7mo
+21 Freshman at Target - Rejected from Finance Clubs, What Am I Doing Wrong? 11 7mo
+15 help choose LAC and NESCAC colleges for IB/career in wall street 7 7mo
+15 Best Liberal Arts College for Finance? 16 7mo
+9 Undergraduate Final Year Advice 2 7mo
+9 Ross vs Stern vs Vanderbilt HOD vs USC undergrad for MBB/I bank 4 7mo
0 Do Headhunters Look at College Transcripts 3 8mo
+18 Transfer to Baruch from Community College for Economics 10 8mo
+17 Starting from ground zero - what to do? 3 8mo
0 Deferred admissions MBA + GMAT 1 8mo
+30 I need to get out of UChicago. Where should I go? 19 8mo
0 How do I get into target schools 1 8mo
+11 Club Written Application Advice 2 8mo
+13 What transfer is worth it? 7 8mo
+9 Right Time to Apply? Please Help a Lost Monkey Out! 1 8mo
+193 Q&A: I got into two T10 MBA programs with a <3.0 GPA 44 8mo
+44 Harvard MRE vs MIT MSRED vs Columbia MSRED 28 8mo
+47 Went to Harvard Law School and still feel like a failure. 19 8mo
0 what SAT score should be mentioned for finance? 2 8mo
+9 Profile Eval Chances at LBS MFA/LSE/Oxford/Cambridge (M22, Pakistan) 1 8mo
+4 MIT Master of Finance 10 8mo
0 Thoughts on Swarthmore? 1 8mo
+10 Best Major for NYC IB 14 8mo
+110 UChicago's True Place in Finance 48 8mo
+22 UVA vs UMICH vs NYU vs Georgetown ED/EA 13 8mo
0 UVA vs UMICH vs NYU vs Georgetown ED/EA 1 8mo
+25 Non-target School Aiming for the Stars 9 8mo
+10 Thoughts on MBA post-MBB? 3 8mo
+12 Columbia Business School MSAFA program reputation on the street 7 8mo
+6 Does being in the Business school matter THAT much? 1 8mo
+89 University of Miami (FL) MBA: The Rundown 11 8mo
+39 Why Are Wharton / Penn People Insufferable to Network With? 18 8mo
+24 deleted 18 8mo
+20 Incoming Freshman at Target; Some Questions moving forward. 10 8mo
+15 NYU Gallatin of Individual Study - Good Enough for IB? 2 8mo
+6 Post MBA Job Search 1 8mo
+13 Stern vs Ross Undergrad for Banking and gunning for PE or HF 4 9mo
+33 Penn, Harvard, Columbia, UVA, now Northwestern Presidents resign 30 9mo
+22 MBA Decisons 16 9mo
0 Possible to recruit for Chi out of Penn vs NU uchicago ND etc? 2 9mo
0 MSF Georgetown College clubs 1 9mo
+39 Average Ivy League Grad Is POOR?! 37 9mo
0 Would you rather go to a semi target like BC or to a mid tier NESCAC like Hamilton for High finance recruiting 1 9mo
0 Princeton and MIT Mfin 1 9mo
+9 Median Profile for Deferred MBA (M7)? 1 9mo
+13 Del 10 9mo
0 Re-Recruiting as MBA Associate 2 9mo
+11 Georgetown MSF (Pivoting from mfg engineering to finance advice) 4 9mo
+15 Berkshire falling off 10 9mo
+9 MSF Decision! Notre Dame MSF vs. UR MSF 4 9mo
+6 6-8YOE at sub-scale SM LO going to MBA to change geos, but am i too old? 1 9mo
+9 I feel like upenn is overrated for recruiting 12 9mo
+3 Del 2 9mo
+11 New York University Shanghai Campus 7 9mo
+1 Penn PPE or Econ? 3 9mo
0 Breaking in Post-MBA 1 9mo
0 UBC Sauder VS Pitt business 2 9mo
+9 Evaluating Hedge Fund / Asset Management Fit – MSF, MFE, Yale MMS AM, LSE MSc Finance Candidate (Macro + Behavioral) 1 9mo
+21 IB Analyst at Regional Bank considering MBA ---> BB or Elite Boutique Associate. How far can I shoot? 1 9mo
+23 Yale vs Caltech vs Berkeley M.E.T. - I'm so torn!!!! 11 9mo
+149 ****REAL**** Target School Rankings 2025 65 9mo
+5 Undergrad Unis for IB or Consulting 7 9mo
+84 MSF Program Options – Viability for Breaking into IB 106 9mo
+53 ACTUAL Target School Tier List 2024 61 9mo
+6 Difference between UVA McIntire /Non-McIntire during second year 2 9mo
+10 Post-MBA Associate Recruiting for Life Sciences IB – Bank Recommendations, Pay, and Culture 1 9mo
+31 UW-Madison v/s Warwick 45 9mo
+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
+13 UT Austin Mccombs vs Umish Ross 6 9mo
+16 MBA TARGET SCHOOL TIER LIST FOR IB 7 10mo
0 CMC vs Columbia 3 10mo
+7 is columbia worth EDing... 5 10mo
+9 Got into Barnard, is it worth it 8 10mo
+39 Columbia GS or state school? 9 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
0 i love columbia 4 10mo
+5 Best Universities for Real Estate in the World (EduRank) 6 10mo
+8 Will I make it? 8 10mo
+6 TCU vs SMU vs Villanova vs Syracuse vs USC (reach) vs BU vs Tulane 10 10mo
0 Harvard Extension School or NYU? 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

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