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+12 Transfer to Emory for IB? 5 1y
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0 Rice vs Emory? 1 1y
0 Durham/LSE 1 1y
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+9 Curious High School Student – Is Prestige in Banking Overrated? 2 1y
0 UNC or Vanderbilt MBA 1 1y
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+22 LSE or UVA for IB/PE recruiting?? 13 1y
+13 Emory Oxford vs IU Kelley Hutton Honors undergrad 6 1y
0 Duke MMS: FOB vs Notre Dame MSF 1 1y
+9 Master's programs in the US 2 1y
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+24 Are My A-Levels a Problem for IB despite strong University? 24 1y
+4 ***INVESTMENT BANKING TARGET SCHOOLS LIST 2025*** 12 1y
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+16 Am I tweaking? (Columbia vs Vanderbilt vs UVA) 7 1y
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+13 UVA McIntire VS UVA Econ 4 1y
+14 Alabama vs Baylor 4 1y
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+2 Columbia Unviersity 4 1y
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+37 UK Target Unis 42 1y
+18 Should I delay my graduation as a junior transfer student (recruiting MBB) 7 1y
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0 NYU vs UMD, Math Major 1 1y
+12 UVA vs Rice college decision 8 1y
+7 Georgetown vs UT Austin BHP 3 1y
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+25 S&T Target Schools List 8 1y
0 2025 NYC IB Tier List 4 1y
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0 smu singapore vs kcl foundation year 1 1y
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+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
+14 Northwestern or Williams 18 1y
+31 Northeastern University or Colby College 21 1y
+1 Best US master's program for NYC IB? 2 1y
+11 PENN STATE vs MARYLAND??? 3 1y
0 UNC KF Undergrad vs Georgetown for IB 1 1y
+6 Undergrad BBA - Emory Goizueta (half tuition) vs. Georgetown McDonough 4 1y
+3 Notre Dame vs. Rice vs. Penn State Smeal 5 1y
+9 UCL Vs Durham Vs Penn State Vs Purdue for investment banking/Private Equity 1 1y
+6 UT Austin Economics vs IU Kelley 2 1y
+9 Breaking Into IB - MSF a route? 1 1y
+65 Less Selective Target Schools 65 1y
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+9 UC Berkeley Haas or UNC (In-state) for banking 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 Free Master's from Alabama or UNC Chapel Hill In-state 1 1y
+6 Singapore Management University As An International Student 8 1y
+23 2 year GAP for UK, how bad is it? 14 1y
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