+111 UChicago's True Place in Finance 48 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
+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
+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
+20 Incoming Freshman at Target; Some Questions moving forward. 10 1y
+15 NYU Gallatin of Individual Study - Good Enough for IB? 2 1y
+6 Post MBA Job Search 1 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 Possible to recruit for Chi out of Penn vs NU uchicago ND etc? 2 1y
0 MSF Georgetown College clubs 1 1y
+39 Average Ivy League Grad Is POOR?! 37 1y
0 Would you rather go to a semi target like BC or to a mid tier NESCAC like Hamilton for High finance recruiting 1 1y
0 Princeton and MIT Mfin 1 1y
+9 Median Profile for Deferred MBA (M7)? 1 1y
+13 Del 10 1y
0 Re-Recruiting as MBA Associate 2 1y
+11 Georgetown MSF (Pivoting from mfg engineering to finance advice) 4 1y
+16 Berkshire falling off 10 1y
+9 MSF Decision! Notre Dame MSF vs. UR MSF 4 1y
+6 6-8YOE at sub-scale SM LO going to MBA to change geos, but am i too old? 1 1y
+9 I feel like upenn is overrated for recruiting 12 1y
+3 Del 2 1y
+11 New York University Shanghai Campus 7 1y
+1 Penn PPE or Econ? 3 1y
0 Breaking in Post-MBA 1 1y
0 UBC Sauder VS Pitt business 2 1y
+9 Evaluating Hedge Fund / Asset Management Fit – MSF, MFE, Yale MMS AM, LSE MSc Finance Candidate (Macro + Behavioral) 1 1y
+21 IB Analyst at Regional Bank considering MBA ---> BB or Elite Boutique Associate. How far can I shoot? 1 1y
+23 Yale vs Caltech vs Berkeley M.E.T. - I'm so torn!!!! 11 1y
+152 ****REAL**** Target School Rankings 2025 65 1y
+5 Undergrad Unis for IB or Consulting 7 1y
+85 MSF Program Options – Viability for Breaking into IB 106 1y
+63 ACTUAL Target School Tier List 2024 61 1y
+6 Difference between UVA McIntire /Non-McIntire during second year 2 1y
+10 Post-MBA Associate Recruiting for Life Sciences IB – Bank Recommendations, Pay, and Culture 1 1y
+31 UW-Madison v/s Warwick 45 1y
+1 Non Ivy League/HYPSM Tier List for IB 11 1y
0 NYU Stern vs Georgetown 3 1y
+13 UT Austin Mccombs vs Umish Ross 6 1y
+16 MBA TARGET SCHOOL TIER LIST FOR IB 7 1y
0 CMC vs Columbia 3 1y
+7 is columbia worth EDing... 5 1y
+9 Got into Barnard, is it worth it 8 1y
+39 Columbia GS or state school? 9 1y
0 Stay or Transfer before Recruiting 1 1y
+21 UVA McIntire vs Baruch College- for IB  2 1y
+20 School Choice - UVA McIntire vs Barnard College- for IB 5 1y
0 i love columbia 4 1y
+5 Best Universities for Real Estate in the World (EduRank) 6 1y
+8 Will I make it? 8 1y
+6 TCU vs SMU vs Villanova vs Syracuse vs USC (reach) vs BU vs Tulane 10 1y
0 Harvard Extension School or NYU? 1 1y
+5 Stern Kids Get Hired, But Struggle to Get Promoted? Industry Truth or Myth? 2 1y
+4 How do Canadian schools compare in hiring ? 3 1y
+29 LBS MFA NOW OR MIT MFin 1 gap year? 11 1y
+32 What's Recruiting like at Non-HYPSW Targets? 7 1y
+13 IU Kelley or Vanderbilt 2 1y
+31 3.125 at NYC semi-target, what do I have going for me? 14 1y
+14 IB Analyst @ NYC EB.....but =(lateral from regional boutique + non-target school = clueless on exits) 6 1y
0 Transferring schools -- what to do with previous network? 1 1y
+49 Target School Rankings (IB + Buyside) 31 1y
+18 University of Texas EMBA Value 2 1y
+25 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
+95 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
+6 Georgetown Placement Question 11 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
+24 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

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