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+1 Pre MBA Internships in AM 1 1y
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0 Transferring to a cheaper school after getting internship offer? 1 1y
0 Fordham (Gabelli) Versus Boston University (Questrom) 1 1y
+3 College Transfer Extracurriculars 2 1y
0 MFin Advice for 2026 1 1y
+6 Is University past a certain point pointless? 1 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
+28 Target Schools for Orange County 16 1y
0 Ivy Day co 2029 4 1y
+9 ESSEC MiM (Intensive) vs ESADE vs IE vs EDHEC — Best for Breaking into IB (London) 2 1y
0 UT McCombs Canfield Business Honors vs Rice University Virani for NYC IB 1 1y
+29 LUISS vs WHU vs FSFM for MFin – Best Option Without Direct Finance Experience? 10 1y
+45 Topic 43 1y
0 Help me Choose Undergrad School 1 1y
0 Wharton/Harvard/Stanford 1 1y
+9 Help me choose a uni for Masters 2 1y
0 German Part-Time Master in Finance GBS 1 1y
+6 Restart in UK? 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
+3 Why we don't use CAPM to price derivatives? 5 1y
+36 Best Undergraduate Programs in Europe? 26 1y
+18 Waitlisted at Vanderbilt MSF, what now? 7 1y
+16 UNDERGRAD: HELP NEEDED (NYU Stern vs. Rutgers Honors College full ride) 20 1y
0 I screwed!! 2 1y
+9 Do I go to a non-target & succeed or mercurial semi-target? 3 1y
+17 Imperial MSc Finance and Accounting - Opinions, Reputation, is it Target, Advice... 5 1y
0 UNSW v Kings college london foundation year 1 1y
+9 The Role of CFA Level 2 in MBA Admission 1 1y
+14 Kellogg Vs Tuck Vs Stern for IB 6 1y
+9 go to B-school purely for added prestige? 3 1y
+9 Quant Finance Career Advice: IAE Aix vs. ESILV MSc – Which Path Gives Me the Best Shot? 1 1y
0 Exchange program at Notre Dame 1 1y
0 How to Make the Most of a 2-Year Master’s at a Target School? 1 1y
+9 Post-MBA IB BB Assoc — Banking vs PE vs VC? Looking for Realistic Advice 1 1y
+8 Is Umich LSA worth 85k/yr as a transfer? 4 1y
+18 Imperial Msc Finance & Accounting or HEC MiM 12 1y
+9 Help! Target School/D1 (lowish GPA)- Wait or go now? 1 1y
+9 Help! Target School/D1 (lowish GPA)- Wait or go now? 1 1y
+12 Georgetown vs Cornell (hotel administration) vs Notre Dame 10 1y
0 What to study in Denmark? 1 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
+6 UC Davis vs UC Riverside 1 1y
0 MSc Finance - Nova SBE vs Trinity College Dublin 1 1y
+1 ucl vs Imperial 4 1y
0 Imperial economics finance data science vs ucl/warwick econ vs gap year for IB? 3 1y
+7 UMiami vs UFlorida 4 1y
+17 Entry to target as an intl student 2 1y
0 Exchange program or internship 2 1y
+3 Post MBA Real Estate Comp 1 1y
0 EUR B-school rep in SEA/Asia? 1 1y
+9 Imperial Msc Finance & Accounting or Taking over Grandma's business 2 1y
+10 Best non/semi-target MBA Programs in US to Break into IB 1 1y
+10 MBA Profile Review, interested in how foreign service impacts intl applications 2 1y
+6 MSc Finance is it too quantitative? Need Advice! 1 1y
0 UW Madison, Penn State Smeal, Fordham Gabelli, Bryant University 1 1y
+9 UT Austin Econ vs Kelley School of Business 2 1y
+71 Undergrad decision time.....Yale or Princeton? 30 1y
+6 SMU v URichmond v Lehigh v Kelley 1 1y
+9 MBA IB/PE Thread 4 1y
+9 should i study for gmat? plan for deferred mba senior year of undergrad? do mba after banking? 1 1y
+3 Round 3??? 1 1y
+12 WHU exchange or stay put? 1 1y
+6 ND Mendoza vs. UT Business Honors vs. UMich Ross vs. UVA 16 1y
+27 Going to IU Kelley, am I cooked? 11 1y
+4 UT Econ or Rice (Jones)? 5 1y
+5 How is University of Bristol? 9 1y
+19 RSM MSc in Finance and investment - is it a target for London IB/ER? 12 1y
+7 BOCCONI VS WARWICK VS SSE VS UCL VS BOCCONI HEC DP 4 1y
+2 KCL vs Cass 4 1y
+13 Northeastern University- London 3 1y
+18 Importance of Potential Double Major 10 1y
0 Del 1 1y
+51 UK /Aus/ China/ Malaysian uni for IB 34 1y
+118 Evercore Target Schools? 82 1y
+21 Is Erasmus Rotterdam University (EUR) Econometrics and Operations Reserach a good choice for me? 11 1y
+74 Help me choose between Fordham (Gabelli)/UMD (Smith)/UMich (Ross)/random nontargets. 57 1y
+54 EMBA ROI 16 1y
+20 Would UK Recruitment Be Better with a GPA System Instead of Degree Classifications? 3 1y
+6 Non Target guy, wants to pursue smth at target 1 1y
+115 Target High School Rankings 75 1y
+4 Struggling on Series 66 Studying 10 1y
0 Recruiting for infra from MBA 4 1y
+9 MBA from real estate development 1 1y
+23 University choice for investment banking 9 1y
+19 Help me! College List for IB. 3 1y
0 Baruch MSF vs Georgetown MS Global Real Assets 1 1y
0 Bocconi VS RSM 4 1y
+6 Accuracy of this MBA ranking list for IB? 7 1y
+29 Ideal path to IB in US from a Canadian Target School 4 1y
+20 M7 Cost of MBAs (2025) 6 1y
+9 Would the University of Miami MSF Help Me Break into IB or Land a Big 4 TAS Role? 1 1y
+11 Should I do ANOTHER masters? 4 1y
0 Recruiting Timelines at Canadian Universities 1 1y
+108 Investment Banking Target School Rankings 63 1y
+12 I went into PE straight out of undergrad and now an A2. Is there any reason for me to every get an MBA? 4 1y

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