+51 Columbia Undergrad in Financial Econ. VS. Michigan Ross BBA 14 6y
+23 advice for family member 7 6y
+24 NYU Stern vs UC Berkeley 11 6y
+15 Requisite Knowledge for AM Analyst & Online Courses 1 6y
+9 UT Mccombs vs Berkeley Haas undergraduate 4 6y
+3 College decision Mccombs vs Haas 1 6y
+12 UVA ECONOMICS 1 6y
+15 Undergrad Advice? 2 6y
+20 Georgia Tech QCF vs CASS Business School Financial Math 8 6y
+8 Cheap Apartments in or near Villanova for Villanova MSF 11 6y
0 GMAT CD won't work 3 6y
+12 Target (undergrad) schools outside of the US? 5 6y
+19 Masters for S&T 6 6y
+12 Boston MBAs, Northeastern vs BC vs BU, Looking for local IB Opps After 1 6y
+13 RSM MAccFin vs WHU MiM vs Nova MoF vs FSFM MoF vs Mannheim MMM (no IB internships yet) 3 6y
+3 Sentence Correction as ESL 1 6y
+24 Where do you draw the line for “top schools” / prestigious 7 6y
+46 Yale vs. Stanford for NYC Finance 19 6y
+12 MiM or MF for IB 1 6y
+6 Taken off 11 6y
+7 Evercore GMAT 5 6y
+3 P/F classes 3 6y
+3 How Should One Approach Recruiting For Jobs In A Master's In Finance (MSF) Program With A Low Undergrad GPA? 1 6y
+21 Rounding GPA 11 6y
+20 UT Austin Mccombs vs Berkeley Haas 10 6y
+15 Cornell vs USC vs WashU vs BC vs Brown 2 6y
+20 High School Senior Looking For Advice (Pt. 2) 4 6y
+24 Advice on MSF selection! Need it quickly 4 6y
+10 How much do minors matter? 1 6y
+21 In the long run, does it really matter what M7 you attended? 8 6y
+3 How should one approach recruiting for jobs in a master's in finance program with a low undergrad GPA? 1 6y
+3 Information Systems Major? 1 6y
+3 How necessary is MBA for corp fin/dev/strat progression 1 6y
+25 Vanderbilt, USC, Claremont McKenna Or Yale-NUS For International Students 9 6y
+5 Buyside Recruiting 3 6y
+30 Community college transfer ? 17 6y
+12 USC/UCLA NYC presence 1 6y
+12 Unable to get a good rec at my current job 1 6y
+17 Bocconi (Milan) Study Abroad 7 6y
+10 Major to get into wall street IB or private equity 2 6y
+18 UCL vs Cass - MSc Finance 6 6y
+11 MSRED/MSRE profile and suggestions 1 6y
+20 MIT in 4 years or CMU in 2 years? 5 6y
+25 Deferring FT offer to do a Masters? 10 6y
+6 If you have done a master's in finance (MSF), at what point do you interview for jobs with that degree? 2 6y
+34 LBS MFA vs. LSE F&E 16 6y
+20 LBS MFA or Oxford MFE? 13 6y
+24 Indiana University (Kelley) vs University of Iowa (Tippie) 6 6y
+25 Thinking about b-school recommendations as an undergrad? 6 6y
+21 Please Stop 5 6y
+15 Best Path into BB IB 1 6y
+22 MSc Choice (LBS, HEC, Bocconi, Imperial) 9 6y
+13 Attempt transfer to UCLA or Cal for MBB? 2 6y
+4 Target MS Finance Programs 3 6y
+34 Chicago Booth vs. Yale for non-finance recruiting in Europe 10 6y
+8 Target Schools (Ranked) For Chicago IB... (Is this Right)? 8 6y
+21 Transferring into Penn 7 6y
+3 Deleted 1 6y
+120 Stanford vs Wharton vs Booth vs Columbia for PE 29 6y
+10 NYU Stern vs. CMU CS 6 6y
+26 Mccombs vs Stern Undergrad URGENT 10 6y
+3 MS Finance 1 6y
+12 MSF Programs and/or Deferred MBA 1 6y
+12 UVA Math vs Econ and other questions 1 6y
+26 NYU CAS vs Northeastern vs Carnegie Mellon Tepper (UG) 6 6y
+18 Yeshiva University 11 6y
+12 Breaking into finance from nontarget 1 6y
+13 Mccombs vs Stern Undergrad BB IB chances 2 6y
+41 Is the Need To Go to A Target School Going Away? 13 6y
+20 WUSTL MSF vs Vandy MSF 13 6y
+34 COVID Impact on MBA Fall 2020 Applications 10 6y
+55 Berkeley Haas vs NYU Stern (Undergrad) 33 6y
+3 US to UK GPA Equivalents 1 6y
+3 Taking GMAT online? 1 6y
+335 Comprehensive US MSF Ranking 355 6y
+313 Wharton vs. Columbia vs. Booth 252 6y
+219 Picking Undergraduate School 162 6y
+182 Top 27 profiles for HBS - Class of 2014 152 6y
+176 Best Language to Learn for Finance? 263 6y
+171 2015 MBA Ranking 111 6y
+157 Outside NYC/SF, how would you rate cities for finance/consulting/corporate opps? 165 6y
+133 How screwed am I if I attend the University of Alabama? 55 6y
+133 NYU Stern: overrated MBA? 113 6y
+131 Got paid 360k, do I go to Bschool? 51 6y
+129 9 MBA's Cost Over 200k: Are MBA Programs Too Expensive? 101 6y
+123 They want my deposit money! Georgetown MBA vs. Columbia Business School Msc 81 6y
+108 Booth vs. Columbia for MBA 37 6y
+105 If you can't get into a top 5 MBA program, don't even bother 72 6y
+98 Is NYU Stern worth 70K tuition per year 27 6y
+98 Tuck vs Wharton-Lauder 63 6y
+93 Are These Good Schools for NYC Investment Banking? 74 6y
+90 Has Booth clearly surpassed Columbia/Kellogg/Sloan? 53 6y
+89 HBS vs. Wharton for Investment Banking 65 6y
+88 Linkedin research on Tier 2 US mbas 36 6y
+84 Banking vs. Consulting -- Post-MBA 58 6y
+81 I got into an M7 (Wharton) with a pure sales background and now work in MBB. I wanted to share my experience 15 6y
+79 U-Mich vs U-Illinois (paying $80k vs in-state tuition) 68 6y
+78 Columbia MBA - Underrated ?? 29 6y
+75 MBA? Go to Wall Street NOT a Start Up! 52 6y
+74 Is CMU Undergrad worth the debt? 68 6y

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