+8 Cornell or Vanderbilt for MBB Consulting Placement 11 9mo
+14 Help Me Decide Between Community College Vs Non-Target University Transfer Plan 7 9mo
0 Better Undergrad school for finance: Northeastern or Fordham? 2 9mo
+6 Transferring for Finance — UF, Georgia Tech, UVA, UGA, Richmond, or Miami? 2 9mo
+21 Freshman at Target - Rejected from Finance Clubs, What Am I Doing Wrong? 11 9mo
+15 help choose LAC and NESCAC colleges for IB/career in wall street 7 9mo
+7 Duke Kunshan University (Duke University campus in China) 3 9mo
+9 Imperial/LSE/ Msc Finance? 4 9mo
+9 Ross vs Stern vs Vanderbilt HOD vs USC undergrad for MBB/I bank 4 9mo
+23 What college should I chose if I want to go into IB? 13 9mo
+17 Starting from ground zero - what to do? 3 9mo
+7 Duke Kunshan University 1 9mo
+30 I need to get out of UChicago. Where should I go? 19 9mo
+7 WashU vs Emory for MBB consulting 4 9mo
+13 What transfer is worth it? 7 9mo
+10 Semi-target engineering student - I hate my degree 2 10mo
+22 UVA vs UMICH vs NYU vs Georgetown ED/EA 13 10mo
0 UVA vs UMICH vs NYU vs Georgetown ED/EA 1 10mo
+10 LSE or UNC 2 10mo
0 Stay in America or go to the UK for school 4 10mo
+89 University of Miami (FL) MBA: The Rundown 11 10mo
+7 Junior in High School worried about grades 2 10mo
+16 MS Finance in the US - worth it? 12 10mo
+14 Architecture to Finance Pivot: Is an MSF + CFA L1 Enough for Entry Roles? 5 10mo
+6 Post MBA Job Search 1 10mo
+33 Penn, Harvard, Columbia, UVA, now Northwestern Presidents resign 30 10mo
+22 MBA Decisons 16 10mo
+1 Best Post-MBA Houston Groups 1 10mo
0 UVA Business Clubs 2 10mo
+7 Gap Year or non-oxbridge UNI 4 10mo
0 Re-Recruiting as MBA Associate 2 10mo
0 High school sr advice 2 11mo
+3 Opinions on Tulane's MME Program 1 11mo
+6 Durham ECON or UCL History for IB? 6 11mo
+9 Need advice! 1 11mo
+149 ****REAL**** Target School Rankings 2025 65 11mo
0 Rice or Emory Undergrad Business Program? 3 11mo
+5 Undergrad Unis for IB or Consulting 7 11mo
+85 MSF Program Options – Viability for Breaking into IB 106 11mo
+54 ACTUAL Target School Tier List 2024 61 11mo
0 Evening MBA transition to IB 2 11mo
+14 UVA McIntire vs. College 4 11mo
+6 Difference between UVA McIntire /Non-McIntire during second year 2 11mo
+1 Non Ivy League/HYPSM Tier List for IB 11 11mo
+13 UT Austin Mccombs vs Umish Ross 6 11mo
+16 MBA TARGET SCHOOL TIER LIST FOR IB 7 11mo
0 Durham or Manchester 1 11mo
+39 Columbia GS or state school? 9 11mo
+19 Chances at Landing Vanderbilt MSF? 17 11mo
+25 Duke econ versus Chicago econ 24 11mo
+21 UVA McIntire vs Baruch College- for IB  2 11mo
+20 School Choice - UVA McIntire vs Barnard College- for IB 5 11mo
+6 MSF Duel Degree Program at UMiami 1 11mo
+8 Will I make it? 8 11mo
+6 TCU vs SMU vs Villanova vs Syracuse vs USC (reach) vs BU vs Tulane 10 11mo
+32 What's Recruiting like at Non-HYPSW Targets? 7 12mo
+19 Vanderbilt University 3 12mo
+13 IU Kelley or Vanderbilt 2 12mo
0 USC or Tulane Transfer 1 12mo
+9 Graduate Accounting 1 12mo
+46 Target School Rankings (IB + Buyside) 31 1y
+18 University of Texas EMBA Value 2 1y
0 UT Austin Econ or A&M mays 1 1y
+1 SMU Cox Vs UMich LSA 4 1y
+26 Target School Tier List for Consulting - 2025 16 1y
+27 Duke MMS / USC MSF / Georgetown MSF which one to go for 11 1y
0 SMU vs Wake Forest 1 1y
+93 Max Prestige W Aura Official 21st Century Everything Rankings 37 1y
+9 Rising Sophomore: Colby for 38k and recruit here or Transfer to a target school 1 1y
+12 Target vs. Semi-Target — Does It Still Matter After IB? 13 1y
+12 Blackstone Weird TargetSchool List 8 1y
+19 Is LSE worth it for internationals? 39 1y
+21 NYU MSA OR Georgetown MSF? 17 1y
+25 Duke vs Georgetown 47 1y
+2 Emory -> Mid/Top Targets (EB) Transfer: Worth? 3 1y
+2 100% ACCURATE TARGET SCHOOL RANKING BY CHATGPT 3 1y
+13 Best Target Schools for Private Equity Placement 8 1y
+6 Morgan Stanley Pre-MBA Insights vs. Summer Internship Recruiting 1 1y
+8 Is it worth it to transfer from a non target to a semitarget/target school even if I kill it at the non target? 3 1y
+13 Please Help Me Decide~ UT (McCombs) vs Cornell 3 1y
+21 Target School Rankings 2025-2026 27 1y
0 2025 Target School Tier List 13 1y
+106 UVA ($) vs Berkeley Haas ($$) vs Northwestern ($$$$$) 27 1y
+18 SMU Cox vs UT Austin Econ for UG 4 1y
0 A&M Mays or UT Econ 1 1y
+9 What do I do? 2 1y
+7 IU Kelley vs Vanderbilt 2 1y
0 MSc finance 1 1y
0 How much of a target will UVA CAS be from now on 1 1y
+17 Berkeley vs UMich vs Georgetown 9 1y
+9 Cornell MPS in management or Kelly MSF for someone who has a undergrad in accounting but wants to work in FDD and eventually management consulting 1 1y
+11 RX IB Seniors: What Do You Think of Law School? 4 1y
+5 Transfer: Columbia vs Northwestern vs Top State School 4 1y
0 Does the uni even matter? 1 1y
+6 IB Entrance from non-target / semi-target school 1 1y
+3 Is RX possible from UT McCombs MBA? 2 1y
+2 Washu vs Vanderbilt vs Georgetown vs UVA 1 1y
+17 Why isn't Durham seen as a target school? 3 1y
+3 Got into UVA transfer 5 1y
+22 Accounting & Finance University Choice UK 14 1y

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