+5 Villanova VS Boston University For IB 6 1y
0 Amherst College - Looking for Current Students/Alumni 1 1y
0 IB Recruiting Questions 1 1y
+22 Yale Student Investment Group 15 1y
+7 Cornell Math + Business Combo 4 1y
0 Rice vs Emory? 1 1y
+25 Undergrad Cornell vs UF vs Rutgers 9 1y
+6 Target professional societies / volunteer orgs for MBA admissions 1 1y
+6 Cornell Major + Minor combo 4 1y
0 Honest truth about NYU CAS. 2 1y
0 Honest: Is BB realistic from NYU CAS 1 1y
+21 Am I screwed because I went to a non-target undergrad university??? 16 1y
0 UNC or Vanderbilt MBA 1 1y
+8 Northwestern econ vs UMich Ross vs Georgetown econ vs Duke econ 22 1y
+95 JD vs. MBA 97 1y
0 Transfer Advice 1 1y
+20 Going to a Midwest Semi Target is Paradise 2 1y
+12 Cornell MPS Applied Economics and Management VS Duke MMS (Master in Management) 1 1y
0 IB FROM YALE MBA 3 1y
+6 Rutgers to Vanderbilt Transfer? 6 1y
+14 UVA McIntire Transfer vs Goizueta BBA (Current Emory Freshman) 5 1y
0 Umich Ross vs Georgetown College (econ) vs UVA (econ and hopefully mcintire) 4 1y
+15 Weird Situation - US Master of Finance for London Recruiting ('26 SA) 14 1y
+14 [Transfer Decision] Columbia GS Financial Econ vs UC Berkeley Haas 6 1y
+13 Emory Oxford vs IU Kelley Hutton Honors undergrad 6 1y
+15 Northeastern or Washu for better IB placement? 5 1y
0 Duke MMS: FOB vs Notre Dame MSF 1 1y
+44 Reapplicant Strategy for M7 MBA 6 1y
+12 MBA Pick: Michigan Ross$$ vs. Cornell Johnson$$ vs. UVA Darden$$ v Duke Fuqua(WL) - for IB 1 1y
+1 NYC Secondaries or Boston MM Buyout 4 1y
+9 Georgetown MSF vs. Villanova MSF 3 1y
+15 Warwick vs St Andrews vs Grinnell 3 1y
+1 Post-MBA assoc in NYC - coming back to Toronto 2 1y
0 How is Boston College for IB career? 1 1y
+23 Where is top talent at top targets choosing to go? 39 1y
+4 ***INVESTMENT BANKING TARGET SCHOOLS LIST 2025*** 12 1y
+18 Amherst College (Econ) or Cornell (ILR) 8 1y
0 top 15 schools ranked for nyc ib please! 2 1y
+6 Baruch Zicklin vs Rutgers RBS 1 1y
+9 Finally Going Back to School, Lost on What to Do from Here 2 1y
0 NYC or LA? (Stern vs Marshall UG) 3 1y
+7 HELP!! Williams College or UT Austin (McCombs)? 9 1y
+24 Stanford or Princeton for Undergrad for IB or PE 19 1y
+16 Am I tweaking? (Columbia vs Vanderbilt vs UVA) 7 1y
0 ivey transfer 1 1y
0 ivey transfer 1 1y
+15 Amherst College (Econ) or Cornell (ILR) for transfer student 6 1y
+2 Middlebury vs Wesleyan 2 1y
+9 Cornell vs Georgia Tech 1 1y
+14 UVA McIntire VS UVA Econ 4 1y
+16 Wharton WITG/Harvard Charles River Growth Fund 5 1y
+14 Alabama vs Baylor 4 1y
+18 UC Berkeley Haas vs USC Marshall (World Bachelor in Business) 8 1y
0 How would you tier list all of these for NYC IB? all econ major no b-school except umich, uva, upenn, and cornell 3 1y
+3 Duke vs UChicago vs Georgetown vs Northwestern (all econ) vs UMich Ross vs UVA Mcintire 9 1y
+9 Advice on EC's and Undergraduate Admissions 1 1y
+9 Help Me Make A Decision 3 1y
0 Delaware vs Binghamton 2 1y
+17 PE MBA Admissions Update 7 1y
+10 Help Me Decide 4 1y
+2 Columbia Unviersity 4 1y
+9 NYU Stern versus USC Marshall (Leventhal) 1 1y
+10 USC Marshall (79K per year) or Michigan Ross (80K per year) undergrad? Hoping to work in Sports IB or Sports VC 4 1y
+7 Cornell (ILR) vs Pomona (Econ) 13 1y
0 Deciding Between IU Kelley and Wake Forest for Finance (IB Focus) 1 1y
+13 USC Dornsife Econ/UCLA Econ for West Coast IB - Worth it? 5 1y
0 MIT MSRED vs USC MRED 2 1y
+10 Need help deciding. Duke Econ vs Cornell Dyson/Business 10 1y
+28 Boston College vs. Williams College vs. Amherst College 20 1y
0 NYU vs UMD, Math Major 1 1y
0 Deferred MBA Applicants 2025 2 1y
+3 Cornell CAS Econ vs. Notre Dame Mendoza Finance 1 1y
+3 Cornell ORIE 3 1y
+7 Georgetown vs UT Austin BHP 3 1y
0 What are the top 5 non ivy+ schools for nyc ib or mbb consulting 1 1y
+31 Non-targets with Good Placement List 23 1y
+25 S&T Target Schools List 8 1y
0 Cornell Dyson vs Georgetown vs Hass vs USC Marshall 2 1y
+22 Asking for help deciding my future: Northeastern vs Fordham vs Rutgers vs IE University 8 1y
0 Getting into M7 1 1y
0 Australian Universities 2 1y
0 2025 NYC IB Tier List 4 1y
+16 Is Cornell really that bad? 21 1y
0 Williams College vs. Washington and Lee University (full-ride) 1 1y
+3 Roadmap to a top Finance Analyst Role 2 1y
+9 Non-Target | T4 Consulting Offer | Deferred MBA Dreams | Am I Cooked or Do I Cook? 1 1y
+50 UMich Ross vs Georgetown McDonough vs UC Berkeley Haas vs UT Austin BHP vs UCLA vs USC Marshall 19 1y
+9 Fordham (Gabelli - Finance) or UCLA (Pre-business economics) or UMD (Smith - Finance) for IB? 1 1y
+9 College list for IB/AM/Consulting (Need help) 1 1y
0 Haas vs. Ross 19 1y
+16 USC Marshall or Umich Ross for IB 11 1y
+5 Is Baruch college a semi-target school? 7 1y
+6 $200K in loans for an MBA at Columbia, Booth, or NYU—versus full tuition plus stipend from Harvard MPP, Columbia MPA, and Stanford MPP (funded by the external foundation) 1 1y
+5 Cornell $200k debt? 8 1y
+9 EY target school list 1 1y
+9 Summer Options for IB 3 1y
+58 Is Penn State A Semi-Target School? 24 1y
0 NYC MBB Consulting Tier List (top school in each tier is the best) 1 1y
0 college recruiting question 1 1y
+14 Northwestern or Williams 18 1y

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