+1 Best US master's program for NYC IB? 2 1y
+3 Chicago L/S 2 1y
+10 Current student at Target school. Couldn’t make it into any clubs 12 1y
0 UMich LSA for IB 8 1y
+9 Stanford GSB vs Harvard HBS - Business School 8 1y
0 Cornell Johnson MBA for Project Finance IB Career 2 1y
0 IU Kelley vs Qcomm 1 1y
+9 stanford (90k coa) or boston college (20k coa, gabelli scholar)? 7 1y
+13 US v. Canada best undergrad finance path? 10 1y
+6 Engineering to MBA to Project Finance? 1 1y
+14 PENN STATE vs MARYLAND??? 3 1y
0 UNC KF Undergrad vs Georgetown for IB 1 1y
+6 Best Universities for masters in Finance in UK for IB 3 1y
+3 georgetown vs stern vs ross vs northwestern vs chicago vs cornell vs brown vs dartmouth (all econ except stern and ross) 7 1y
+3 Choosing Between MSc Finance Offers: Bayes vs. Nottingham as an International Student 3 1y
+9 Faculty boost at HYPS vs ED0 at UChicago.... 4 1y
0 SSE Prospects for International Students 2 1y
+6 Undergrad BBA - Emory Goizueta (half tuition) vs. Georgetown McDonough 4 1y
+7 Georgetown MSF Extraordinary Career Outcomes 4 1y
0 Cal Poly SLO, CC->USC (1 year), UCR, or CSUF for investment banking 3 1y
+9 Kelley School of Business or Wisconsin School of Business? 16 1y
+19 Berkeley Haas Vs Georgetown MSB 3 1y
+3 Notre Dame vs. Rice vs. Penn State Smeal 5 1y
0 I need to improve on my Gmat fast 1 1y
+12 HBS ($) GSB ($) or Wharton ($$) 4 1y
+9 IU Kelley (Hutton Honors) vs Rutgers Business – Worth the Extra Cost? 2 1y
+9 UCL Vs Durham Vs Penn State Vs Purdue for investment banking/Private Equity 1 1y
0 what are the top 10 ib target schools ranked other than hypsm 1 1y
+9 SSE vs. RSM vs. EUR – Best Path to Private Equity? 2 1y
+6 UT Austin Economics vs IU Kelley 2 1y
+16 Why isn’t Bentley University Target? 8 1y
+9 Transferring as a Junior to increase my odds. 1 1y
+9 Breaking Into IB - MSF a route? 1 1y
+6 Wharton MBA value? 1 1y
+50 UC Berkeley Haas vs UPenn Wharton ($150k+ debt) 18 1y
+3 When is it too late to apply to LSE Accounting & Finance Masters 6 1y
0 GPA as an undergraduate vs graduate student 1 1y
+65 Less Selective Target Schools 65 1y
+3 Babson vs Bentley Honors for IB 2 1y
+10 Bocconi MiF vs ESSEC MiF 1 1y
0 Please help me choose! 1 1y
0 How can I excel in Finance and land a good job/Internship, while not being at a target school. 1 1y
+9 UC Berkeley Haas or UNC (In-state) for banking 2 1y
+53 Stanford vs. LSE (Undergrad for both) – Best Choice for IB/PE Career in US & Europe? 22 1y
+1 Dartmouth vs penn CAS 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 NYU Schack 1 1y
0 incoming first year at HBS - AMA 2 1y
+7 Uni Choices- IB 6 1y
+11 Esade vs HEC vs LBS 3 1y
+9 Ms Finance and Accounting (Imperial) vs LSE, LBS? 6 1y
+157 Q&A: Recent Columbia Business School grad that went to a HF after school 48 1y
+9 LSE MScF vs LBS MFA for IB / PE in London. 1 1y
+20 When / if to take GMAT 16 1y
+9 IB/AM from Swiss university? 1 1y
+38 Bocconi vs. UCL for London 24 1y
0 Free Master's from Alabama or UNC Chapel Hill In-state 1 1y
+3 Will LSE help me place well in Dubai? 6 1y
0 High School Senior Looking for Summer Internship 1 1y
+12 MBA prep 1 1y
0 Gies vs Kelley 2 1y
0 MS finance from Baruch for IB? 1 1y
+9 Go back to school to re-recruit or continue trying to pivot from current role? 1 1y
+12 Confused International Student (Haas vs Home country) 5 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
+1 Insight into SF/Bay Area Recruiting? 3 1y
+9 Michigan Ross vs WashU BUCS 5 1y
+7 How is UChicago for Quant? 10 1y
0 Baruch - MS Finance 1 1y
+16 LSE vs SSE (undergrad) 3 1y
+1 Cornell Business School 2 1y
+10 UNC Kenan-Flagler vs USC Marshall vs NYU Stern for undergrad 3 1y
+49 Is Brown University a Target School? 28 1y
+6 Chicago/NYC IB in 3 Years of College 1 1y
+9 Notre Dame (Finance) vs Cornell (Hotel) 3 1y
+1 Cambridge🇬🇧 vs Columbia JTS program🇺🇸 for finance/consulting? 1 1y
+17 LSE BSc Finance vs. BSc Accounting & Finance – Which Is Better for Europe Finance Careers? 6 1y
0 Is ESSEC MiF target for IB in London? 2 1y
+14 Torn Between Stanford and LSE – Int’l Student Seeking Finance Career in US & Europe 4 1y
+9 IU Kelley or OSU Fisher (undergrad) 2 1y
+5 University of Chicago - Quant or IB? 5 1y
+7 Warwick or Bayes? (Norwegian student) 6 1y
+9 Is it worth transferring schools for IB? (Canada) 2 1y
+14 wall street reputation of Columbia GS- cash cow or real ivy? 4 1y
+19 Western Ivey vs. UCLA for IB/PE? 6 1y
+26 Berkeley EECS, CMU Tepper, UNC Kenan-Flagler (Assured Admit), or IU Kelley for Investment Banking? 8 1y
+43 Harvard, Yale, or Princeton (Undergrad)? 26 1y
+1 CBS or UCL MSc in finance? 3 1y
+14 Fordham vs. Trinity College (CT) for Investment Banking/Private Equity 6 1y
+17 Rank These Unis for Undergrad IB/PE Target Status & Prestige (Global) 5 1y
+10 MBA vs Master's in Finance (MiF) 2 1y
0 Bocconi, SSE, NHH 1 1y
+9 Second Year of MBA Feels Like a Waste of Time – Landed IB Offer, Now What? 1 1y
0 Help me choose a university for MSc in Finance. 1 1y
+2 Target Frat at a Non Target School 1 1y
+7 Oxbridge vs respected U.S. state school (undergraduate) 6 1y
+2 UCLA vs. UC Berkeley (non-Haas) vs. USC (non-Marshall) 2 1y
+9 IU kelley vs Qcomm vs Dku 1 1y

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