+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
+14 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
+53 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
+5 Colby College Placements? 6 1y
0 Colgate vs. Indiana 1 1y
+1 Cornell undergrad admit 1 1y
0 Best University for IB 2 1y
+10 Emory, BC, Villanova, UofR, or Babson - Which MSF makes the most sense? 2 1y
+13 Help me decide between 3 non-targets (UMD, GWU, Stevens) 5 1y
0 Undergrad School Help (IU vs W&M vs NU vs SMU) 1 1y
+896 To anyone considering an MBA 198 1y
+64 Johns Hopkins - Breaking into IB 40 1y
+11 Vanderbilt vs UFlorida 6 1y
+12 NYU Shanghai: is it actually that bad? 1 1y
+9 Seeking Advice on Pursuing an MBA and Transitioning to Investment Banking 1 1y
+9 Cornell Nolan Hotel School vs. UMich Ross for banking/quant 1 1y
0 Fordham (Gabelli) Versus Boston University (Questrom) 1 1y
+3 College Transfer Extracurriculars 2 1y
0 MFin Advice for 2026 1 1y
+6 Is University past a certain point pointless? 1 1y
0 Ivy Day co 2029 4 1y
0 UT McCombs Canfield Business Honors vs Rice University Virani for NYC IB 1 1y
0 Help me Choose Undergrad School 1 1y
0 Wharton/Harvard/Stanford 1 1y
+13 Drexel (Full Ride) vs. UVA ($8.7K/yr) for Finance - Is McIntire Worth the Risk 5 1y
+18 Waitlisted at Vanderbilt MSF, what now? 7 1y
+16 UNDERGRAD: HELP NEEDED (NYU Stern vs. Rutgers Honors College full ride) 20 1y
+9 Do I go to a non-target & succeed or mercurial semi-target? 3 1y
+14 Kellogg Vs Tuck Vs Stern for IB 6 1y
+9 go to B-school purely for added prestige? 3 1y
+12 Georgetown vs Cornell (hotel administration) vs Notre Dame 10 1y
+10 SMU vs Indiana vs Fordham for IB 3 1y
+9 Semi target (US School), UK Citizen - Questions about networking - SA 2026 2 1y
+17 Entry to target as an intl student 2 1y
0 UW Madison, Penn State Smeal, Fordham Gabelli, Bryant University 1 1y
+71 Undergrad decision time.....Yale or Princeton? 30 1y
+6 SMU v URichmond v Lehigh v Kelley 1 1y
+9 MBA IB/PE Thread 4 1y
+6 ND Mendoza vs. UT Business Honors vs. UMich Ross vs. UVA 16 1y
+13 Northeastern University- London 3 1y
+18 Importance of Potential Double Major 10 1y
0 Del 1 1y
+74 Help me choose between Fordham (Gabelli)/UMD (Smith)/UMich (Ross)/random nontargets. 57 1y

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