+149 ****REAL**** Target School Rankings 2025 65 11mo
+5 Undergrad Unis for IB or Consulting 7 11mo
+85 MSF Program Options – Viability for Breaking into IB 106 11mo
+54 ACTUAL Target School Tier List 2024 61 11mo
+6 Difference between UVA McIntire /Non-McIntire during second year 2 11mo
+10 Post-MBA Associate Recruiting for Life Sciences IB – Bank Recommendations, Pay, and Culture 1 11mo
+31 UW-Madison v/s Warwick 45 11mo
+1 Non Ivy League/HYPSM Tier List for IB 11 11mo
0 NYU Stern vs Georgetown 3 11mo
+13 UT Austin Mccombs vs Umish Ross 6 11mo
+16 MBA TARGET SCHOOL TIER LIST FOR IB 7 11mo
0 CMC vs Columbia 3 11mo
+7 is columbia worth EDing... 5 11mo
+9 Got into Barnard, is it worth it 8 11mo
+39 Columbia GS or state school? 9 11mo
0 Stay or Transfer before Recruiting 1 11mo
+21 UVA McIntire vs Baruch College- for IB  2 11mo
+20 School Choice - UVA McIntire vs Barnard College- for IB 5 11mo
0 i love columbia 4 11mo
+5 Best Universities for Real Estate in the World (EduRank) 6 11mo
+8 Will I make it? 8 11mo
+6 TCU vs SMU vs Villanova vs Syracuse vs USC (reach) vs BU vs Tulane 10 11mo
0 Harvard Extension School or NYU? 1 11mo
+5 Stern Kids Get Hired, But Struggle to Get Promoted? Industry Truth or Myth? 2 11mo
+4 How do Canadian schools compare in hiring ? 3 11mo
+29 LBS MFA NOW OR MIT MFin 1 gap year? 11 11mo
+32 What's Recruiting like at Non-HYPSW Targets? 7 11mo
+13 IU Kelley or Vanderbilt 2 12mo
+31 3.125 at NYC semi-target, what do I have going for me? 14 12mo
+14 IB Analyst @ NYC EB.....but =(lateral from regional boutique + non-target school = clueless on exits) 6 12mo
0 Transferring schools -- what to do with previous network? 1 12mo
+46 Target School Rankings (IB + Buyside) 31 12mo
+18 University of Texas EMBA Value 2 1y
+26 Target School Tier List for Consulting - 2025 16 1y
+27 Duke MMS / USC MSF / Georgetown MSF which one to go for 11 1y
+3 How did Stern do this recruiting cycle? 5 1y
+17 LSE MSc International Political Economy 5 1y
+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
+12 Target vs. Semi-Target — Does It Still Matter After IB? 13 1y
+12 Blackstone Weird TargetSchool List 8 1y
+21 NYU MSA OR Georgetown MSF? 17 1y
+9 Oxford Masters in Financial Economics 6 1y
+23 IU Kelley Vs Wharton Undergrad 9 1y
+25 Duke vs Georgetown 47 1y
+9 Elliott vs. Harvard Business School 1 1y
+2 100% ACCURATE TARGET SCHOOL RANKING BY CHATGPT 3 1y
+13 Best Target Schools for Private Equity Placement 8 1y
+23 Booth vs kellogg vs Columbia 12 1y
+6 Morgan Stanley Pre-MBA Insights vs. Summer Internship Recruiting 1 1y
+17 Georgetown MSF? 20 1y
+27 ! Australian Student looking to do Exchange to get into IB in New York - Would Stoney Brook Uni or Berkeley CA Be Better? 27 1y
+8 Is it worth it to transfer from a non target to a semitarget/target school even if I kill it at the non target? 3 1y
+17 MBA Admission Consultants for Top 3 MBA? 18 1y
+5 Georgetown Placement Question 11 1y
+25 Best MBAs for West Coast Real Estate Private Equity Recruitment 8 1y
+9 Got into Wharton/HBS for Deferred MBA. Need Financial Aid advice 1 1y
+13 Please Help Me Decide~ UT (McCombs) vs Cornell 3 1y
+30 Post MBA IBD Recruitment from LBS 22 1y
+9 Breaking in for MBA Internship Post-MBA 1 1y
+21 Target School Rankings 2025-2026 27 1y
0 2025 Target School Tier List 13 1y
+106 UVA ($) vs Berkeley Haas ($$) vs Northwestern ($$$$$) 27 1y
+12 Is transferring from a lower semi-targethttps://www.wallstreetoasis.com/user/1337382 SEC state school to a Target School worth it? 5 1y
+13 Is NYU Stern Undergrad Worth the Price Tag? 15 1y
+49 Worth Transferring out of Amherst/Williams College? 31 1y
+3 Cornell, Amherst, or Brown? 12 1y
+4 UCL or Cornell 4 1y
0 RUTGERS OR NYU STEM 4 1y
+7 IU Kelley vs Vanderbilt 2 1y
+17 Berkeley vs UMich vs Georgetown 9 1y
+23 Berkeley Haas for investment banking 16 1y
+9 Cornell MPS in management or Kelly MSF for someone who has a undergrad in accounting but wants to work in FDD and eventually management consulting 1 1y
+73 Why INSEAD's MBA places so bad in banking? 28 1y
+5 Transfer: Columbia vs Northwestern vs Top State School 4 1y
+14 worth to delay grad? 5 1y
+3 UMich Ross vs Georgetown 4 1y
+272 Don't go to Dartmouth, I Regret It (Rant + Explanation) 57 1y
+2 Washu vs Vanderbilt vs Georgetown vs UVA 1 1y
+154 Columbia vs. UChicago cannot decide. 82 1y
+3 Got into UVA transfer 5 1y
+70 Advice for a Sad, Nostalgic Graduating College Senior 14 1y
0 NYC 2026 0 1y
+1 Columbia or Brown Undergrad? 4 1y
+9 Do I take my Imperial MSc offer or keep grinding?? 1 1y
+18 Georgetown vs Cornell 31 1y
+15 $95K/year for UChicago Econ vs. Free SSE—What’s the Smart Play? 5 1y
+6 Got into Georgetown to do my masters, what now? 1 1y
0 Cornell ILR vs Hotel School vs CAS econ for IB 1 1y
+1 Duke vs Dartmouth Transfer for MBB (NYC) 9 1y
+30 T25 --> T10 38 1y
+24 ITAM vs Tec de Monterrey (CSF), advice from NYC finance professionals? 12 1y
+8 Rutgers vs. NYU? 3 1y
0 Will an enemy school help me? 2 1y
0 Thoughts on Investment Banking recruiting for NYC from Babson College 2 1y
+9 Masters in finance 3 1y
0 Target School Rankings for NYC 2025 (fr fr) 4 1y
+5 How is Colgate? 5 1y
+9 Syracuse University worth for ib, high finance? 2 1y
+9 Syracuse University for ib, high finance? 1 1y

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  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.2%

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  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

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  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
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