+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 $200k debt? 8 1y
+9 EY target school list 1 1y
+9 Summer Options for IB 3 1y
+58 Is Penn State A Semi-Target School? 24 1y
0 NYC MBB Consulting Tier List (top school in each tier is the best) 1 1y
0 college recruiting question 1 1y
+14 Northwestern or Williams 18 1y
+1 How did target/semi-target schools do this cycle? 4 1y
+6 NYU stern vs USC marshall 4 1y
+31 Northeastern University or Colby College 21 1y
+1 Best US master's program for NYC IB? 2 1y
+9 Stanford GSB vs Harvard HBS - Business School 8 1y
0 Cornell Johnson MBA for Project Finance IB Career 2 1y
+9 stanford (90k coa) or boston college (20k coa, gabelli scholar)? 7 1y
+13 US v. Canada best undergrad finance path? 10 1y
+6 Engineering to MBA to Project Finance? 1 1y
+11 PENN STATE vs MARYLAND??? 3 1y
0 UNC KF Undergrad vs Georgetown for IB 1 1y
+3 georgetown vs stern vs ross vs northwestern vs chicago vs cornell vs brown vs dartmouth (all econ except stern and ross) 7 1y
+9 Faculty boost at HYPS vs ED0 at UChicago.... 4 1y
+6 Undergrad BBA - Emory Goizueta (half tuition) vs. Georgetown McDonough 4 1y
+7 Georgetown MSF Extraordinary Career Outcomes 4 1y
+19 Berkeley Haas Vs Georgetown MSB 3 1y
+3 Notre Dame vs. Rice vs. Penn State Smeal 5 1y
+12 HBS ($) GSB ($) or Wharton ($$) 4 1y
+9 IU Kelley (Hutton Honors) vs Rutgers Business – Worth the Extra Cost? 2 1y
+9 UCL Vs Durham Vs Penn State Vs Purdue for investment banking/Private Equity 1 1y
+16 Why isn’t Bentley University Target? 8 1y
+9 Transferring as a Junior to increase my odds. 1 1y
+6 Wharton MBA value? 1 1y
+50 UC Berkeley Haas vs UPenn Wharton ($150k+ debt) 18 1y
0 GPA as an undergraduate vs graduate student 1 1y
+65 Less Selective Target Schools 65 1y
+3 Babson vs Bentley Honors for IB 2 1y
+41 Stanford vs. LSE (Undergrad for both) – Best Choice for IB/PE Career in US & Europe? 22 1y
+1 Dartmouth vs penn CAS 2 1y
+5 georgetown vs ucla vs uc berkeley vs washu vs vandy vs emory for economics and stats (just rank them) 6 1y
0 NYU Schack 1 1y
0 incoming first year at HBS - AMA 2 1y
+157 Q&A: Recent Columbia Business School grad that went to a HF after school 48 1y
+9 IB/AM from Swiss university? 1 1y
0 High School Senior Looking for Summer Internship 1 1y
0 MS finance from Baruch for IB? 1 1y
+12 Confused International Student (Haas vs Home country) 5 1y
+4 berkeley vs rice vs washu vs emory vs umich 8 1y
+9 Michigan Ross vs WashU BUCS 5 1y
0 Baruch - MS Finance 1 1y
+1 Cornell Business School 2 1y
+10 UNC Kenan-Flagler vs USC Marshall vs NYU Stern for undergrad 3 1y
+49 Is Brown University a Target School? 28 1y
+6 Chicago/NYC IB in 3 Years of College 1 1y
+9 Notre Dame (Finance) vs Cornell (Hotel) 3 1y
+1 Cambridge🇬🇧 vs Columbia JTS program🇺🇸 for finance/consulting? 1 1y
+14 Torn Between Stanford and LSE – Int’l Student Seeking Finance Career in US & Europe 4 1y
+14 wall street reputation of Columbia GS- cash cow or real ivy? 4 1y
+26 Berkeley EECS, CMU Tepper, UNC Kenan-Flagler (Assured Admit), or IU Kelley for Investment Banking? 8 1y
+43 Harvard, Yale, or Princeton (Undergrad)? 26 1y
+14 Fordham vs. Trinity College (CT) for Investment Banking/Private Equity 6 1y
+17 Rank These Unis for Undergrad IB/PE Target Status & Prestige (Global) 5 1y
+10 MBA vs Master's in Finance (MiF) 2 1y
+9 Second Year of MBA Feels Like a Waste of Time – Landed IB Offer, Now What? 1 1y
+2 Target Frat at a Non Target School 1 1y
+31 Williams vs Dartmouth vs Cornell or wait... 27 1y
0 GSB vs HBS for PE/VC Buy side 1 1y
+8 Columbia (Dual BA) or LSE?? 2 1y
+13 BU vs Warwick 8 1y
+8 High School Senior Preparing to Break in 6 1y

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