+14 Which university offer should I choose if I want to break into IB/PE? 22 1y
+50 UMich Ross vs Georgetown McDonough vs UC Berkeley Haas vs UT Austin BHP vs UCLA vs USC Marshall 19 1y
+9 College list for IB/AM/Consulting (Need help) 1 1y
+3 Duke v Brown v ND ($$) 8 1y
0 smu singapore vs kcl foundation year 1 1y
+14 Duke vs. LSE for High Finance (Intl. Student - Need Advice) 11 1y
+5 Cornell $200k debt? 8 1y
+9 EY target school list 1 1y
+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
+14 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
0 Please help me choose! 1 1y
+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
+4 berkeley vs rice vs washu vs emory vs umich 8 1y
+10 UNC Kenan-Flagler vs USC Marshall vs NYU Stern for undergrad 3 1y
+49 Is Brown University a Target School? 28 1y
+26 Berkeley EECS, CMU Tepper, UNC Kenan-Flagler (Assured Admit), or IU Kelley for Investment Banking? 8 1y
+7 Oxbridge vs respected U.S. state school (undergraduate) 6 1y
+9 IU kelley vs Qcomm vs Dku 1 1y
0 Vanderbilt MSF or HF BO 1 1y
+10 Emory, BC, Villanova, UofR, or Babson - Which MSF makes the most sense? 2 1y
0 Undergrad School Help (IU vs W&M vs NU vs SMU) 1 1y
+10 (LSE vs UVA vs UCLA) Help an International Student Choose Undergrad 3 1y
+64 Johns Hopkins - Breaking into IB 40 1y
+11 Vanderbilt vs UFlorida 6 1y
0 Duke Fuqua or UNC Kenan-Flagler for MBA to pivot into investment banking as an international student? 1 1y
0 Colleges (Vandy, Florida, Miami) 2 1y
0 UT McCombs Canfield Business Honors vs Rice University Virani for NYC IB 1 1y
+45 Topic 43 1y
0 Help me Choose Undergrad School 1 1y
+20 LSE vs Tulane 7 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
+8 Is Umich LSA worth 85k/yr as a transfer? 4 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
+7 UMiami vs UFlorida 4 1y
+9 UT Austin Econ vs Kelley School of Business 2 1y
+6 SMU v URichmond v Lehigh v Kelley 1 1y
+6 ND Mendoza vs. UT Business Honors vs. UMich Ross vs. UVA 16 1y
+4 UT Econ or Rice (Jones)? 5 1y
0 Del 1 1y
+51 UK /Aus/ China/ Malaysian uni for IB 34 1y
+20 Would UK Recruitment Be Better with a GPA System Instead of Degree Classifications? 3 1y
+114 Target High School Rankings 75 1y
+19 Help me! College List for IB. 3 1y
+6 Accuracy of this MBA ranking list for IB? 7 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
+3 UVA or Umass Isenberg? 7 1y
+10 Help me choose my university 6 1y
+12 Any advice regarding Transferring colleges? Desperate for help. 4 1y
+30 Smart guys… how do I ace the SAT? 31 1y
+9 Bath vs Durham vs Cranfield Msc Finance 3 1y
+42 UK University Finance Placement Rankings – Analyzing IB, PE, HF, HFT, and MBB Data (LSE, Oxbridge, Warwick, Semi-targets etc.) 10 1y
+9 MBA 1 1y
+13 How good is my University List (UG)? 6 1y
+12 Duke vs UChicago vs Cornell? 14 1y
+17 UVA or UofSC Columbia business school? 8 1y
+40 Duke MMS vs Villanova MSF vs NYU MA Econ for breaking into IB 10 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
+36 I'm a junior in highschool, is this a good list of colleges to be applying to for investment banking? 40 1y
+10 ie v cass v essex 14 1y
+64 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
+32 Best European Target Schools to Break into IB in Singapore (or Europe)? 12 1y
+116 COLLEGE PRESTIGE TIER LIST - 2024 59 1y
+12 UT Austin Economics any good? 5 1y
+3 Best Schools for Investment Banking for a High School Student With Low GPA? 1 1y
+14 Best Mid-tier MSc Finance programmes in the UK 7 1y
+9 Breaking into IB as an International – Need Advice on MBA Choice 0 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
+18 Senior in HS - Which of the Schools I've gotten into would be best? 10 1y
+18 Penn State Smeal, VT Pamplin, U of South Carolina Darla Moore, or University of Michican (lsa, not main campus) 6 1y
0 I've Been Admitted to UVA. How Are They On The Street? 4 1y
+11 D1 Wheelchair Basketball Player Needs URGENT Help Deciding Schools 4 1y
+71 Rate My Extracurriculars & Uni List (HS) 41 1y
+12 Best undergrad target schools 8 1y
0 What regions are NUS/NTU/SMU a target for other than HK and Singapore? 1 1y
+4 Is UMich Ross worth 80k/yr as an international student? 6 1y
+175 Don't go to IU Kelley* 86 1y
0 Undergrad Decision 1 1y

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