+31 3.125 at NYC semi-target, what do I have going for me? 15 10mo
+13 IU Kelley or Vanderbilt 2 10mo
+14 IB Analyst @ NYC EB.....but =(lateral from regional boutique + non-target school = clueless on exits) 6 10mo
0 Transferring schools -- what to do with previous network? 1 10mo
+46 Target School Rankings (IB + Buyside) 31 10mo
+18 University of Texas EMBA Value 2 10mo
+26 Target School Tier List for Consulting - 2025 16 10mo
+27 Duke MMS / USC MSF / Georgetown MSF which one to go for 11 10mo
+43 NYU Stern Recruiting Club Culture 19 10mo
+3 How did Stern do this recruiting cycle? 5 10mo
+17 LSE MSc International Political Economy 5 10mo
+93 Max Prestige W Aura Official 21st Century Everything Rankings 37 10mo
+9 Rising Sophomore: Colby for 38k and recruit here or Transfer to a target school 1 10mo
+12 Target vs. Semi-Target — Does It Still Matter After IB? 13 10mo
+12 Blackstone Weird TargetSchool List 8 10mo
+21 NYU MSA OR Georgetown MSF? 17 10mo
+9 Oxford Masters in Financial Economics 6 11mo
+23 IU Kelley Vs Wharton Undergrad 9 11mo
+25 Duke vs Georgetown 47 11mo
+9 Elliott vs. Harvard Business School 1 11mo
+2 100% ACCURATE TARGET SCHOOL RANKING BY CHATGPT 3 11mo
+13 Best Target Schools for Private Equity Placement 8 11mo
+23 Booth vs kellogg vs Columbia 12 11mo
+6 Morgan Stanley Pre-MBA Insights vs. Summer Internship Recruiting 1 11mo
+17 Georgetown MSF? 20 11mo
+27 ! Australian Student looking to do Exchange to get into IB in New York - Would Stoney Brook Uni or Berkeley CA Be Better? 27 11mo
+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 11mo
+17 MBA Admission Consultants for Top 3 MBA? 18 11mo
+5 Georgetown Placement Question 11 11mo
+25 Best MBAs for West Coast Real Estate Private Equity Recruitment 8 11mo
+9 Got into Wharton/HBS for Deferred MBA. Need Financial Aid advice 1 11mo
+13 Please Help Me Decide~ UT (McCombs) vs Cornell 3 11mo
+30 Post MBA IBD Recruitment from LBS 22 11mo
+9 Breaking in for MBA Internship Post-MBA 1 11mo
+21 Target School Rankings 2025-2026 27 11mo
0 2025 Target School Tier List 13 11mo
+106 UVA ($) vs Berkeley Haas ($$) vs Northwestern ($$$$$) 32 11mo
+12 Is transferring from a lower semi-targethttps://www.wallstreetoasis.com/user/1337382 SEC state school to a Target School worth it? 5 11mo
+13 Is NYU Stern Undergrad Worth the Price Tag? 15 11mo
+49 Worth Transferring out of Amherst/Williams College? 31 11mo
+3 Cornell, Amherst, or Brown? 12 11mo
+4 UCL or Cornell 4 11mo
0 RUTGERS OR NYU STEM 4 11mo
+7 IU Kelley vs Vanderbilt 2 11mo
+17 Berkeley vs UMich vs Georgetown 9 11mo
+23 Berkeley Haas for investment banking 16 11mo
+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 11mo
+72 Why INSEAD's MBA places so bad in banking? 28 11mo
+5 Transfer: Columbia vs Northwestern vs Top State School 4 11mo
+14 worth to delay grad? 5 11mo
+3 UMich Ross vs Georgetown 4 11mo
+272 Don't go to Dartmouth, I Regret It (Rant + Explanation) 57 11mo
+2 Washu vs Vanderbilt vs Georgetown vs UVA 1 11mo
+154 Columbia vs. UChicago cannot decide. 82 11mo
+3 Got into UVA transfer 5 11mo
+70 Advice for a Sad, Nostalgic Graduating College Senior 14 11mo
0 NYC 2026 0 11mo
+1 Columbia or Brown Undergrad? 4 11mo
+9 Do I take my Imperial MSc offer or keep grinding?? 1 11mo
+18 Georgetown vs Cornell 31 11mo
+15 $95K/year for UChicago Econ vs. Free SSE—What’s the Smart Play? 5 11mo
+6 Got into Georgetown to do my masters, what now? 1 11mo
0 Cornell ILR vs Hotel School vs CAS econ for IB 1 11mo
+1 Duke vs Dartmouth Transfer for MBB (NYC) 9 11mo
+30 T25 --> T10 38 11mo
+24 ITAM vs Tec de Monterrey (CSF), advice from NYC finance professionals? 12 11mo
+8 Rutgers vs. NYU? 3 11mo
0 Will an enemy school help me? 2 11mo
0 Thoughts on Investment Banking recruiting for NYC from Babson College 2 12mo
+9 Masters in finance 3 12mo
0 Target School Rankings for NYC 2025 (fr fr) 4 12mo
+5 How is Colgate? 5 12mo
+9 Syracuse University worth for ib, high finance? 2 12mo
+9 Syracuse University for ib, high finance? 1 12mo
+10 NYU CAS Econ vs. UVA McIntire — Which Sets You Up Better for Finance? 3 12mo
+20 Northwestern vs Georgetown vs Ross vs Vanderbilt 16 12mo
0 Hey guys. Would you say that all of these schools listed below are the same tier for NYC IB and MBB recruiting 5 12mo
+17 London BB Associate to STEM/Humanities MSc 12 12mo
+16 UChicago to Stern Transfer 8 12mo
+21 Choosing UG School (UVA vs. UCSB) 6 1y
0 The only LAC colleges worth it...LAC deep dive (using data/my opinion) 14 1y
+10 Cambridge Land Economy vs. Wharton transfer 3 1y
0 Lincoln Regional Office vs. HW Richmond HQ 3 1y
+6 UK vs US undergrad 1 1y
+7 IU Kelley vs Vanderbilt 4 1y
+28 Best Undergraduate School for IB 15 1y
+2 Transfer Admitted to Columbia or Penn CAS 4 1y
+3 GMAT Focus Prep Provider - Quant Only 1 1y
+14 Boston University or Babson College 6 1y
+18 How do recruiters view a perfect sat score from a semi-target(Kelley)??? Is going into 150k+ debt for a target worth it? 15 1y
+6 BC Carroll MBA 2 1y
+54 UT Austin or Williams College? 37 1y
+6 Choose LAC over State School 1 1y
+4 Columbia MFE 5 1y
0 (2025) Undergraduate Investment Club Rankings 1 1y
0 Overthinking Uni 1 1y
0 MSc in quantitative finance in Northeastern University 1 1y
+4 UChicago, Columbia GS, Cornell Dyson 5 1y
0 Sloan v. Fuqua ($$) 4 1y
+19 Del 10 1y

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