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0 UBC Sauder VS Pitt business 2 1y
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+9 Graduate School Application Advice w Low GPA (2.9) 1 1y
+16 Career advice - next move? 4 1y
+3 MSF Students 1 1y
+3 Opinions on Tulane's MME Program 1 1y
0 School Placement 1 1y
+14 Target/Semi Target Universities UK 30 1y
+9 What schools do I have the best chances of getting into a “target”/good school for finance? 2 1y
0 Take GMAT? 4 1y
0 Oxford MBA worth it for IB or PE? 4 1y
+6 Durham ECON or UCL History for IB? 6 1y
+9 Need advice! 1 1y
+21 IB Analyst at Regional Bank considering MBA ---> BB or Elite Boutique Associate. How far can I shoot? 1 1y
+23 Yale vs Caltech vs Berkeley M.E.T. - I'm so torn!!!! 11 1y
+152 ****REAL**** Target School Rankings 2025 65 1y
0 Rice or Emory Undergrad Business Program? 3 1y
0 Warwick History or Exeter PPE 1 1y
+5 Undergrad Unis for IB or Consulting 7 1y
+85 MSF Program Options – Viability for Breaking into IB 106 1y
+12 Northwestern vs UChicago 3 1y
+63 ACTUAL Target School Tier List 2024 61 1y
0 Evening MBA transition to IB 2 1y
+14 UVA McIntire vs. College 4 1y
+6 Difference between UVA McIntire /Non-McIntire during second year 2 1y
+10 Post-MBA Associate Recruiting for Life Sciences IB – Bank Recommendations, Pay, and Culture 1 1y
+15 L Catterton Pre-MBA 1 1y
+31 UW-Madison v/s Warwick 45 1y
0 Top-tier University but non-finance degree? 1 1y
+1 Non Ivy League/HYPSM Tier List for IB 11 1y
+5 Is Westminster, Loughborough or Cass good for IB placement 12 1y
0 NYU Stern vs Georgetown 3 1y
+9 Should I just apply for a MS in California? 2 1y
+4 Non target course at Target uni? 1 1y
+14 UCL MSc Finance 4 1y
+10 EDHEC Corporate Finance - online programme - can you talk me out of it? 2 1y
+13 UT Austin Mccombs vs Umish Ross 6 1y
+3 MAFINRISK Bocconi vs MSc Finance Bocconi—Which one should I choose? How do their career opportunities compare? 2 1y
0 What are the best business clubs and social fraternities at Indiana University to break in to upper level finance? 3 1y
+24 Opinions? Cambridge REF Masters V.S. No Masters 5 1y
0 Master's Degree, Quantitative Finance and Risk Management Mafinrisk),Bocconi University - Placement?? 1 1y
+16 MBA TARGET SCHOOL TIER LIST FOR IB 7 1y
0 Does going to a feeder highschool help in college when recruiting? 1 1y
+12 MBA / Masters in Comp Sci Dual Degree 1 1y
0 CMC vs Columbia 3 1y
+7 is columbia worth EDing... 5 1y
+6 What Can I do with an MBA? 1 1y
+9 Got into Barnard, is it worth it 8 1y
+9 $40k for high school? 1 1y
+10 Chances of post-MBA finance / consulting after UK army officer? 1 1y
0 Durham or Manchester 1 1y
+13 GRE vs GMAT for incoming MBB 5 1y
+39 Columbia GS or state school? 9 1y
0 IB/VC/PE TARGET AND SEMI TARGET SCHOOLS IN CANADA 1 1y
0 Is a master's of real estate/MBA worth it if you are already working in real estate PE? 1 1y
+13 Undergraduate BOCCONI vs OTHER TARGET SCHOOLS 14 1y
+19 Chances at Landing Vanderbilt MSF? 17 1y
+25 Duke econ versus Chicago econ 24 1y
0 Stay or Transfer before Recruiting 1 1y
+3 Please should i delay grad or apply to MSF 1 1y
+21 UVA McIntire vs Baruch College- for IB  2 1y
+34 Breaking in Investment Banking from ESCP Business School 23 1y
+20 School Choice - UVA McIntire vs Barnard College- for IB 5 1y
0 i love columbia 4 1y
0 Middle Market IB - Post Associate exits 1 1y
0 Middle Market Post MBA Exit Opps 1 1y
+6 Advice on my college situation 3 1y
+6 MSF Duel Degree Program at UMiami 1 1y
+5 Best Universities for Real Estate in the World (EduRank) 6 1y
+9 Which uni degree should i choose to have a shot at IB but still have the chance to switch careers if AI ends up annihilating the finance sector? 13 1y
+8 Will I make it? 8 1y
0 What should I do starting my freshman year of college? 1 1y
+13 UIUC MSF to IB or Adjacent Role in Chicago 10 1y
+6 TCU vs SMU vs Villanova vs Syracuse vs USC (reach) vs BU vs Tulane 10 1y
+9 Will my 1.5yr gap in the undergrad affect my gradschool/summer app UK? 3 1y
+6 Business School or recruit for PE What are my realistic options 1 1y
0 Harvard Extension School or NYU? 1 1y
+8 ESCP bachelor: Advice on what to do 3 1y
+11 UChicago Booth vs Northwestern Kellogg for Tech IB and PM Recruiting 2 1y
+9 BA vs BSc at KCL (due to Semester Abroad) 1 1y
+3 GS Academies London - open to men? (no mention of women ONLY) 20 1y
+5 Stern Kids Get Hired, But Struggle to Get Promoted? Industry Truth or Myth? 2 1y
+6 GMAT or GRE for Target Masters 2 1y
+4 How do Canadian schools compare in hiring ? 3 1y
+29 LBS MFA NOW OR MIT MFin 1 gap year? 11 1y
+32 What's Recruiting like at Non-HYPSW Targets? 7 1y
+51 SAT/ACT Scores and where you are now 68 1y
+16 MSc Finance at Warwick or UCL? 6 1y
+19 Vanderbilt University 3 1y
0 First Watch -$350 Budget 1 1y
0 Any advice you would give a sophomore at a non-target school for IB? 1 1y
+15 MBA in Europe 14 1y
0 Finance or Comp Sci Major from Non Target 1 1y
+22 ESCP vs EUR 27 1y
+13 IU Kelley or Vanderbilt 2 1y
0 USC or Tulane Transfer 1 1y
+17 Talk me out of Oxford MBA 5 1y
+31 3.125 at NYC semi-target, what do I have going for me? 14 1y
+14 IB Analyst @ NYC EB.....but =(lateral from regional boutique + non-target school = clueless on exits) 6 1y

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