+6 Friend wants to break into IB from Chico State. How realistic is that? 1 1y
+5 Villanova VS Boston University For IB 6 1y
0 Amherst College - Looking for Current Students/Alumni 1 1y
+110 UChicago Finance Club Official Rankings 41 1y
0 IB Recruiting Questions 1 1y
+1 What target school do you think is easiest to get into that’s like basically on par with ivies? 1 1y
+22 Yale Student Investment Group 15 1y
+7 Cornell Math + Business Combo 4 1y
0 Rice vs Emory? 1 1y
0 Durham/LSE 1 1y
+25 Undergrad Cornell vs UF vs Rutgers 9 1y
+6 Target professional societies / volunteer orgs for MBA admissions 1 1y
+6 Cornell Major + Minor combo 4 1y
+9 Curious High School Student – Is Prestige in Banking Overrated? 2 1y
0 Honest truth about NYU CAS. 2 1y
0 Honest: Is BB realistic from NYU CAS 1 1y
+21 Am I screwed because I went to a non-target undergrad university??? 16 1y
+9 Post-MBA (HSW), interested in career in finance 3 1y
0 UNC or Vanderbilt MBA 1 1y
+7 University transfer advice 2 1y
0 GMAT prep courses 1 1y
+8 Northwestern econ vs UMich Ross vs Georgetown econ vs Duke econ 22 1y
+10 Is an MBA worth it for me? 2 1y
+95 JD vs. MBA 97 1y
+9 How can I improve a new finance club focused on M&A, IB, PE, and VC? 2 1y
+4 Emory MS in Finance program 6 1y
0 Transfer Advice 1 1y
+20 Going to a Midwest Semi Target is Paradise 2 1y
+14 University Swap For CRE Career Advancement 7 1y
0 What do y'all think about pathway programs? 1 1y
+12 Cornell MPS Applied Economics and Management VS Duke MMS (Master in Management) 1 1y
+17 Warwick vs Nottingham 4 1y
0 IB FROM YALE MBA 3 1y
+6 Santa Clara University 1 1y
+6 Rutgers to Vanderbilt Transfer? 6 1y
+7 GMAT vs GRE for BB/EB recruiting 2 1y
+11 Western Ivey vs Warwick A&F for IB 6 1y
+14 Erasmus University Rotterdam or UT Dallas – Need Guidance 6 1y
0 EU (ex UK) MBA for private debt, restructuring 4 1y
0 law or biz for UG? 1 1y
0 Harvey Mudd vs Johns Hopkins 3 1y
+14 UVA McIntire Transfer vs Goizueta BBA (Current Emory Freshman) 5 1y
+1 Brown vs. UVA for trading/quasi-quant role/IB 2 1y
0 Umich Ross vs Georgetown College (econ) vs UVA (econ and hopefully mcintire) 4 1y
+15 Weird Situation - US Master of Finance for London Recruiting ('26 SA) 14 1y
0 I got into Uni of Manchester but in the BSc Econ course. Should I go 3 1y
+22 LSE or UVA for IB/PE recruiting?? 13 1y
+14 LSE vs. HEC - Master in Finance - HELP 11 1y
+14 [Transfer Decision] Columbia GS Financial Econ vs UC Berkeley Haas 6 1y
+13 Emory Oxford vs IU Kelley Hutton Honors undergrad 6 1y
+15 Northeastern or Washu for better IB placement? 5 1y
0 Duke MMS: FOB vs Notre Dame MSF 1 1y
+29 18-year-old studying for CFA and looking for pre-university internships 15 1y
+44 Reapplicant Strategy for M7 MBA 6 1y
+9 Master's programs in the US 2 1y
+9 Is WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management MIF worth it for international students 3 1y
+12 MBA Pick: Michigan Ross$$ vs. Cornell Johnson$$ vs. UVA Darden$$ v Duke Fuqua(WL) - for IB 1 1y
+1 NYC Secondaries or Boston MM Buyout 4 1y
+9 Georgetown MSF vs. Villanova MSF 3 1y
+9 What happened to those IU Kelley kids? 1 1y
+15 Warwick vs St Andrews vs Grinnell 3 1y
+1 Post-MBA assoc in NYC - coming back to Toronto 2 1y
+9 [High School Senior] Torn Between Erasmus University Rotterdam and UT Dallas for Finance Career (PE/IB Goal) – Need Guidance 1 1y
0 How is Boston College for IB career? 1 1y
+24 Are My A-Levels a Problem for IB despite strong University? 24 1y
0 Brit going to University of Sydney 1 1y
+23 Where is top talent at top targets choosing to go? 39 1y
+11 Queens Commerce (with 50k Scholarship) vs Western Ivey for Undergrad 17 1y
+4 ***INVESTMENT BANKING TARGET SCHOOLS LIST 2025*** 12 1y
+18 Amherst College (Econ) or Cornell (ILR) 8 1y
0 top 15 schools ranked for nyc ib please! 2 1y
+3 Bocconi Law 5 1y
+6 Baruch Zicklin vs Rutgers RBS 1 1y
+9 Finally Going Back to School, Lost on What to Do from Here 2 1y
0 Edinburgh Finance&Management (4 years) vs UCL Urban Planning& Real Estate (3 years) vs Toronto Rotman (5 years) 3 1y
+6 Bocconi Msc Finance Scholarship Question 3 1y
0 NYC or LA? (Stern vs Marshall UG) 3 1y
+7 HELP!! Williams College or UT Austin (McCombs)? 9 1y
+24 Stanford or Princeton for Undergrad for IB or PE 19 1y
+15 Non-EU | S&T → LBS MFA → London IB/PE? Need honest thoughts on path + school choice 4 1y
+3 Warwick vs. Bocconi with a Master's somewhere afterwards 7 1y
+16 Am I tweaking? (Columbia vs Vanderbilt vs UVA) 7 1y
0 ivey transfer 1 1y
0 ivey transfer 1 1y
+15 Amherst College (Econ) or Cornell (ILR) for transfer student 6 1y
+3 LSE MSc Finance and Risk vs Finance 6 1y
+9 Warwick non quantitive vs Bocconi BIEF for London IB. 1 1y
+2 Middlebury vs Wesleyan 2 1y
+9 Cornell vs Georgia Tech 1 1y
0 Masters in Real Estate vs Masters in Finance 1 1y
+14 UVA McIntire VS UVA Econ 4 1y
+16 Wharton WITG/Harvard Charles River Growth Fund 5 1y
+9 Nomura Summer 2026 Sophomore Internship 2 1y
+14 Alabama vs Baylor 4 1y
0 How to list Concentration (Major?) GPA 2 1y
+9 How do I break into IB as a Non target, No one from my school broke into IB 1 1y
0 M7 Bschool breaking into IB 2 1y
+18 UC Berkeley Haas vs USC Marshall (World Bachelor in Business) 8 1y
0 How would you tier list all of these for NYC IB? all econ major no b-school except umich, uva, upenn, and cornell 3 1y
+29 UCL vs Warwick for undergrad Economics? 10 1y

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