+5 Colby College Placements? 6 1y
0 Colgate vs. Indiana 1 1y
+1 Cornell undergrad admit 1 1y
+10 CU Boulder for Finance 3 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? 31 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
+6 Non Target guy, wants to pursue smth at target 1 1y
+113 Target High School Rankings 75 1y
+9 MBA from real estate development 1 1y
+19 Help me! College List for IB. 3 1y
0 Baruch MSF vs Georgetown MS Global Real Assets 1 1y
+6 Accuracy of this MBA ranking list for IB? 7 1y
+20 M7 Cost of MBAs (2025) 6 1y
+9 Would the University of Miami MSF Help Me Break into IB or Land a Big 4 TAS Role? 1 1y
+108 Investment Banking Target School Rankings 63 1y
+9 UT Austin (mccombs) OR Cornell (Hotel School) 2 1y
+12 Any advice regarding Transferring colleges? Desperate for help. 4 1y
+30 Smart guys… how do I ace the SAT? 31 1y
+8 Advice to get into HBS/GSB 3 1y
+17 UMich Ross vs. Williams College 10 1y
+9 Is my resume good for these schools? 1 1y
+7 Baruch for Grad School? 2 1y
+29 Harvard vs Princeton for undergrad 20 1y
0 LSE MFin vs HEC MIF 3 1y
+10 Breaking into IB at 36 – Analyst or MBA Route? 1 1y
+19 Jobless HBS grads 8 1y
+2 Liberal Arts Colleges? 3 1y
+7 ROTC and Finance 12 1y
+14 Cornell becomes the biggest feeder to JPM NYC IBD 20 1y
+13 How good is my University List (UG)? 6 1y
+12 Duke vs UChicago vs Cornell? 14 1y
+6 MBA/JD post grad? 1 1y
+17 UVA or UofSC Columbia business school? 8 1y
+4 MFin Advice for 2026 11 1y
+40 Duke MMS vs Villanova MSF vs NYU MA Econ for breaking into IB 10 1y
0 Northeastern University- MS Finance 1 1y
+9 Best US Master's program for IB NYC? (MIT MFin vs Vanderbilt MSF) 1 1y
+22 BC MSF ($$) vs. Duke MMS ($$) vs. Vandy MSF 9 1y
0 Cornell Finance Club 4 1y
+36 I'm a junior in highschool, is this a good list of colleges to be applying to for investment banking? 40 1y
+1 University at Buffalo vs Baruch- MS Finance. 1 1y
+63 WashU is underrated in prestige on WSO 27 1y
+9 Which school in Georgetown to transfer into, and is it worth it? (student in UVA) 3 1y
+116 COLLEGE PRESTIGE TIER LIST - 2024 60 1y
0 What are some good semi/non-target undergraduate schools with a stem-designated finance degree? 1 1y
+3 Best Schools for Investment Banking for a High School Student With Low GPA? 1 1y
+3 Can I get into investment banking as a Big 10 school liberal arts major? 1 1y
+7 How good is UGA ? 7 1y
+9 Breaking into IB as an International – Need Advice on MBA Choice 0 1y
+12 Which Undegraduate School Places Really well for EB and Has a good Social Life? 8 1y
+10 MSF: UIUC Vs Simon Vs WashU 2 1y
+22 Undergrad UMich Ross vs. Notre Dame Mendoza vs. Rutgers vs. UVA vs. IU 9 1y
+19 High School Senior From Toronto, Looking for Advice... 10 1y
+6 Will Ballers get in to HBS again? 1 1y
0 Equity Sales VS Research VS other S&T desk for getting into HBS/Wharton 1 1y
+18 Senior in HS - Which of the Schools I've gotten into would be best? 10 1y
+5 Muslim at Columbia - Am I cooked? 51 1y
0 Recruiting for US and UK IB from US Target School 1 1y
+18 Penn State Smeal, VT Pamplin, U of South Carolina Darla Moore, or University of Michican (lsa, not main campus) 6 1y
+10 HBS 2+2 chances and thoughts? 2 1y
+12 USC Econ vs UMich Econ 3 1y
+71 Rate My Extracurriculars & Uni List (HS) 41 1y
+12 Best undergrad target schools 8 1y
+13 Best School 9 1y
+6 Micro-Master in Finance at MIT or MSc in Banking, Financial Technology (Fintech) and Risk Management at International Hellenic University 2 1y

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