+6 Questions about college from a Junior who wants to work in sales and trading (preferably sales). 1 4y
+22 Transfer to either UW-Madison (Business) , SMU (Cox), Notre Dame 7 4y
+11 University of Maryland creates new racial category : "Students of Color Minus Asians" 1 4y
+155 Part-time MBA worth it? 128 4y
+4 CHANCES OF ADMISSION AT KELLEY,UT AUSTIN,OSU-FISHER,UT DALLAS, ASU WP CAREY 1 4y
+18 UVA Darden / Duke Fuqua / Stern 8 4y
+6 Should I transfer? 3 4y
+30 Yale SOM vs Vanderbilt MSF? 9 4y
+25 What to do if I'm not getting into clubs 15 4y
+23 Need Advice for MSF Programs 7 4y
+34 Deleted 43 4y
+9 High School Student 2 4y
0 Pomona vs CMC vs Vanderbilt vs Rice vs Duke vs UNC vs Davidson vs Wake forest vs GT 3 4y
+4 Is UVA STILL good? 1 4y
+10 Vanderbilt MSF Interview Help Request 6 4y
+248 Actual Global Undergrad Tier List 106 4y
0 What school should i apply early descision to. 11 4y
+17 Rank these schools for iBanking? (QUESTBRIDGE) 5 4y
+3 What's the point of going to a target school? 3 4y
+32 How is JHU looked upon in AM, HF, or PE? 11 4y
0 Rice vs Davidson vs Vanderbilt 6 4y
+11 UK Investment Banking Targets 24 4y
+19 Targets seem to be too far of a stretch for me what are the good semi targets to break into IB 23 4y
+13 IB Target Schools by Raw Numbers and Adjusted for Undergrad Enrollment 10 4y
+1 Do International Students at Targets get sponsored? 6 4y
+14 How is my college list? 5 4y
+9 Undergraduate Target Schools for International Students? 1 4y
+23 HBS/GSB with (some) bad grades? 12 4y
+9 UVA Darden & Tuck MBA has the best IB recruiting yield over the last 2 years 18 4y
+9 MSc Economics - University of Bath 3 4y
+4 Vanderbilt for Investment Banking 4 4y
+39 Vandy MSF vs. Villanova MSF for IB 39 4y
+25 Best Financial Calculator 42 4y
+1 duke vs vanderbilt vs rice vs davidson 3 5y
0 Yale vs Dartmouth vs Brown vs Cornell vs Duke (undergrad) 1 5y
+14 MBA Profile Evaluation - Real Estate Background 2 5y
+6 Online MBA options 1 5y
+8 Vanderbilt or MIT Master of Finance (MSF) or bust? Are there any other masters even worth it? Comprehensive break down of master programs below! 2 5y
+26 Top Feeder Rankings (From Publication) 7 5y
+9 Non-target school grad/non-MBA: Do I have a chance? 1 5y
+29 Which Masters program places best into IB in the US? 20 5y
+4 Top Master Program Rankings 2021 (MSF,MFE,MSFE,etc), broken up into two categories quant/non quant 1 5y
+10 Top 1 year post undergrad master programs? Been looking at mfe berkely hass…msf vanderbilt…open to all master programs. 2 5y
+1 Rice University’s NEW undergraduate business major 4 5y
+4 ranking colleges when combining top undergrad schools and quality of life regarding grades, coursework, grade inflation, etc. I'll start the list... 1 5y
+49 Boston College (Gabelli Scholar) Vs Dartmouth Vs Vanderbilt (Undergraduate) 25 5y
+7 York University (Toronto) PhD in Human Resources Management ? 2 5y
+3 How is Duke for OCR last year and this year 1 5y
+7 Need some advice 9 5y
+60 Are Online MBA's Frowned upon? 79 5y
+24 Need Advice - Vandy and other Top MSF for IB 8 5y
+10 What College should I go to? 5 5y
+22 How To Get Into Dream College 11 5y
+11 Business School Applications 1 5y
+11 Which school should I apply to? 1 5y
+20 Is NYU worth it for finance? 7 5y
+18 MBA advice for someone applying in 3 years 1 5y
+17 Evaluate my profile please - MBA programs 4 5y
+16 Emory vs Oxford at Emory 25 5y
+10 Updated MS in Finance thread 4 5y
+17 Community college -> State School -> Top MSF -> PE? 5 5y
+22 How much would a GMAT score in low 700s affect my chances at HSW? 16 5y
+3 Emory University for IB 1 5y
+7 Emory for IB 1 5y
+13 UF Full-Ride vs. Mich 4 5y
+35 UIUC vs Georgia Tech for CS undergrad (interested in quant trading/research) 17 5y
+18 UVA Math major vs Virginia Tech BIT, and UVA Recruitment 6 5y
+8 Is Emory University A Target School? 11 5y
+7 Best not so selective public schools for finance 14 5y
+25 UC Berkeley CS vs Vanderbilt CS vs UIUC CS + Stats for Trading 9 5y
+56 Which Undergrad should I pick? 46 5y
0 Am I transferring up/ Is it worth it? 11 5y
0 Transfer after first year. 9 5y
+6 Pre-MSF non IBD experience... 1 5y
0 Semi target transfer requirements 1 5y
+20 Financial Aid for international students 6 5y
+12 Mich LSA Or Vanderbilt? 8 5y
+7 Undergrad Major 0 5y
+16 Undergrad Decision for IB (Indiana, Colgate, Wisco, UMiami, Lehigh, Bucknell) 9 5y
+5 MSF vs MBA career salary 2 5y
+9 Applying to B-School with EA scores a mistake? (FT MBA) 3 5y
+62 UNC or Williams College 23 5y
+11 New York Institute of Finance YFS High School program?? 2 5y
+1 US Schools for BB Singapore Offices 2 5y
0 Transfer? 1 5y
+36 College Transfer Decision: Columbia GS vs. NYU Stern vs. UVA McIntire 13 5y
+9 W&M B-school vs UVA Econ 6 5y
+34 MSF (Master of Finance) Programs 17 5y
+12 advice needed: emory full-ride vs duke (undergrad) vs usc 4 5y
+19 BA from Cornell vs MBA from Pepperdine (for IB) 7 5y
+17 Applying to Colleges for Undergraduate 18 5y
+1 Boston College Carroll School of Management vs Vanderbilt 3 5y
+21 Need to make decision today, UCLA ($145k) vs UNC ($160k) with direct admissions to the business school. 7 5y
+118 Duke MMS 90 5y
+17 US Universities for Exchange Year 14 5y
+24 Emory vs IU kelley Honors Undergrad 17 5y
+42 Georgetown vs. Vanderbilt 23 5y
+177 Top Target Status Losing Value 134 5y
+9 MSc Finance International Student 2 5y
+73 Why don't banks target many state schools? 64 5y

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