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MBA: Where should I be applying?
Here are some of my stats: 3.5 undergrad GPA from large SUNY school, financial analyst major concentration 2+ years as a financial advisor at a large global insurance company 2+ years as a telecom consultant for small-medium sized companies ( think b2b sales with emphasis on leadership, i ran my own...
CUNY Baruch to NYU Stern?
Hi all the amazing monkies. I am a HS senior and very settled to pursue a career within the IB industry, specifically FO because I had some exposure to M&A . (I decided to follow this path after very serious consideration. My family has some network within the financial services industry in Asia,...
Should I apply to Columbia or not?
Currently working in lower-MM PE . Looking to move up market in the future, possibly mega fund but who knows. I know how unlikely that is. Applied to and interviewed at Booth, Tuck and Stern, dinged at HBS and Wharton. I was going to apply to Columbia but now I'm not sure if it's even worth it....
Has Booth clearly surpassed Columbia/Kellogg/Sloan?
Chicago Booth has always been a great b-school, but its rise in the last 5 years has been simply astounding. David Booth's $300 million donation in 2008 was a true game changer, for it allowed Booth to do several things: revamp career services, expand centers for marketing and entrepreneurship and...
Chances at M7 - Appreciate some advice
Posting for a friend here: Background - Female - Raised US - Born Korea - Korean citizen Work (thus far) - 1.5 years @ EY's Commercial Advisory team focuses on MM PE DDs (US) - Interned at Accenture (US) - Interned at large foundation with $2B AUM (US) Volunteer/Leadership - Involved in university's...
MS Real estate vs MBA with a focus on real estate
Hi all, I'm considering pursuing a graduate degree to break into real estate, I have a 3.6 gpa from a top 50 business undergrad and a 730 GMAT. Im looking at the MSRE from NYU as well as the MSRED and MBA programs at Columbia. Does anyone have any experience from one of these programs? what would...
Columbia, Brown, and Haas
I am a non-traditional transfer student and I recently got accepted to Columbia GS (Financial Economics), Brown(BEO), and UC Berkeley Haas School of Business (Undergraduate, not MBA) I am quite different than the most who goes to these school, so here is little bit more about me. I am 26 years old...
UChicago vs. Columbia vs. Princeton vs. Yale
Hi everyone! I'm interested in having a career in finance/i-banking or something along those lines, and am potentially considering the following schools for undergraduate. I would like some input as far as what you would recommend! University of Chicago: major in economics and mathematics Columbia:...
Columbia SEAS vs CMU SCS for undergrad
As someone who *might* want to become a quant, which undergraduate program would best prepare me for the future? Like in terms of how well each school may prepare me for the graduate curriculum, getting into grad school, etc. I've heard that Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science is very math...
3 DAYS LEFT! Need urgent help! Columbia MIA vs. LBS MiM
Hello friends, I am an undergraduate in management from Germany and currently facing a tough decision between the Master in International Affairs at Columbia University and the Masters in Management at London Business School. As I just finished my undergraduate studies, the MBA does not apply to me....
Executive educations programs
Hi fellers, Does anyone of you know if executive educations programs which approx take 4-6 days require a gmat? Since those are not real mba programs but more like short educations in leadership. For example http://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/execed/ Any insights well appreciated. Thanks greg
Is Columbia MSFE Program worth 100k in this economy?
Hi, I became interested in finance not too long ago and applied for different financial engineering programs at top schools. Fortunately, I got into one of the most prestigious one, Columbia. I am very thankful about the result, but now I have to answer the question 'is it really worth all the...
Columbia EMBA
Hey folks. One of my old friends from quant analytics at the bank I used to work for is interested in getting an MBA and eventually heading over to a consulting firm. He is having some trouble getting into FT MBA programs due to a really weak undergrad, but he's gotten an in at Columbia EMBA. And...
Haas is in M7, CBS is out!
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools… Why is CBS ranked below Haas?
Another B-School app evaluation..
quick recap: Work at a fortune 5 oil company. Got hired into an FLDP type program....worked in 3 different jobs in less than 3 years. Planning to have 3.5 yrs at matriculation. Current job is FP&A for an oil trading group. I also do ad hoc fundamental analysis for the global head of this trade...
Homelessness Is Now a Crime in Columbia, SC
I'm all in favor of laws against littering and urinating in public. Without them the whole country would look like GA. However, laws against loitering in a PUBLIC places are absurd. The people of SC would be much better off trying to fix their economy....
Decisions to go to Columbia, target school
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Creating my school list for MBA
Post-MBA goals are to work in Energy IB: Stretch Schools - Columbia, Booth, Stern (possibly) Fair chance Schools - McCombs, Duke (possibly), UCLA, Cornell, Ross, Darden Now I think I'm going to apply for 4-5 schools for Fall2014 but I just need to decide which schools. I'd be open to go to school on...
B-School Applications: Stanford GSB and Columbia
With the release of essays by Columbia and Stanford, we are officially in the midst of b-school application season 2012 . If you somehow missed the major essay releases, here they are for your viewing pleasure: Columbia: What is your immediate post-MBA professional goal? (200 characters maximum) Why...
Energy backgrounds going for MBA.
I've been researching MBA programs on the East Coast and have noticed that professionals from Energy are barely represented at schools like Columbia and Stern. Columbia's class profile shows only 2% from energy background and 3% for Stern. I know almost everything Energy related is in Houston and...
The Pursuit of a Happiness Index
The Earth Institute at Columbia University has produced their first "World Happiness Report" , in an attempt to assign value to what some may argue is impossible. Their goal was simple, to compare various nations happiness with more solid facts and draw conclusions. The report was commissioned by...
Columbia Rolling Admissions
The merit fellowship deadline for CBS was January 9th. I know they get a ton of applications in before that deadline. Since they do rolling admissions, is there any point applying this late? Anyone have an idea of how full their class is already?
EMBA or FT MBA for Hedge funds/Asset Management
Contemplating between EMBA (Columbia/Wharton) and Full Time MBA (Booth/Columbia/Wharton). I need to move to hedge funds or Asset Management post MBA . long term goal is to be a Portfolio Manager. I have 5-6 years of experience in Derivatives Pricing/Risk in a financial services provider and a...
M.S. programs
I recently stumbled upon the M.S. in Management Science & Engineering at Stanford University, as well as a similar M.S. at Columbia. I was wondering what everyone thinks about these programs in terms of placement within IBD / PE / HF ? Are there any other programs that are similar to this one (1yr...
Winning against the Odds -Success Story
Gac Filipaj, Columbia University Custodian, Earns Degree After Working Way Through School Facing war in his homeland, Gac Filipaj traveled to America in search of a better life and a job so he could send money back home to relatives. Now, 20 years after leaving the former Yugoslavia for America...
Carnegie Mellon vs Columbia
I've been admitted to Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, Columbia Engineering and Cornell Engineering as an undergraduate. I will be a Computer Science major. I realize that software developers max out their salary very soon and it's sort of a dead end job. Only way to succeed is to start...
MBA Profile Eval: Caribbean Private Equity
I am looking for help evaluating my candidacy to a top 5 B school, I really just need a sanity check to see if I'm in the ball park or if I should not be wasting my time. First of all thanks to all for taking the time! I'm planning on applying to B school for fall 2013. Below are my summary stats....
B School applications
Looking for some advice on bschool applications. My stats: 3.75 GPA from top 30 730 Gmat (80%Q, 95%V) 1.5 years S&T in small-midsize Canadian bank Current – 2.5 years (at time of matriculation) at large well known AM firm in portfolio management Good ECs and very involved with charity work Goal:...
Columbia University?
What's going on everyone? So I have a 2.9 GPA and major in History. I'm also studying my ass off for the CFA (Level 1) in June. I'm currently looking for internships as well. But my question is, do you think with all this going is it worth it to enroll into Columbia University (Business Certificate...
2+3 Program
I've been reading threads around the website for a while but this is the first time I've decided to post. My question is regarding the 2+3 programs (or 2-1-1-1) that are offered by many liberal arts schools to receive and engineering and liberal arts degree in 5 years. Do any of you have any...
Best MBA for careers in Restructuring?
If I want to pursue the best MBA for a career in Restructuring, what schools should I target ? Any suggestions outside of the top 5 schools, but in the top 20-25? Thanks.
Columbia University - Should it really count as a top tier university?
Columbia University has added a new class to its curriculum... Any of you Monkeys planning on taking this class next semester? Does getting pepper-sprayed count as extra credit? Columbia University is offering a new course on Occupy Wall Street next semester — sending upperclassmen and grad...
Class Visits @ Columbia
Columbia has an open class visit policy -- meaning you just have to check into the admissions office before you go to the class and blend in with the current students and arent met by anyone that is a student and the like. I'm gonna be going to a few this week and trying to decide if i should suit...
Columbia Value Investing Program Placement
I know this has been covered previously, just thought I would bring it back up since I'm considering this program. How is this program viewed from perspective employers? Without prior buy-side or equity research experience would this program be a good launching pad to the buy-side?
EMBA -- Columbia vs Wharton
I'm in NYC and am thinking about doing an EMBA. Please take the following as givens: 1. Accepted into Columbia and Wharton EMBA programs 2. Almost 30 years old, somewhat senior FO role at hedge fund 3. Solid pedigree (top-tier undergrad/excellent grades/decent career progression) 4. Employer footing...
Is Columbia MBA worth it for me ?
Hey guys, I'm an expatriate living in the US who is planning to apply for Columbia MBA for the January term. I work in Finance currently but I want to get out into Corp Strat at a large firm after B-School. As I've been preparing for the GMAT, I've been getting cold feet, mainly at the prospect of...
Do certificate programs give you access to any OCR/networking?
Does getting a certificate in say Banking or Finance from a university like NYU (SCPS) or Columbia give you access to any OCR? Or for that matter, aside from personal learning does it provide any networking opportunities at all? It would be a small price( ~$3800) to pay for access to NYU's career...
Columbia School of General Studies - perception vs. reality?
Interested in any feedback from Columbia undergrads and alums - calling all CC/SEAS/ GS /Barnard/JTS - about the perception vs. the reality of the Columbia School of General Studies - good, bad, inconsequential... Somewhat interested in feedback from people who at least know such people... Not super...
Not being an SA at a bank?
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Columbia Transfer not Worth the 65k student debt...F'ing Thing Sucks
I am a rising junior at a ~60th ranked non-target university studying Industrial Engineering. I applied for transfer to two schools for next year. I was accepted at both Columbia and Cornell for Operations Research. I was originally pretty excited at being accepted, however after receiving the...
Choosing the right Career path
Hi everyone, I'd like to ask anyone who's reading this to try and help me - either with advice, or with clear examples. Thank you in advance. I am a member of Grinnell Class of 2015, and I plan on majoring in economics and doing the 3-2 program with Columbia. My dream job is something that has a lot...
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Which MBA school is suitable for my background and future plans?
Good day, fellows, I'm curious about getting an MBA degree in the U.S. (preferably in New York city). Here is my concise background: - Citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic (I bet you never heard) - developing, third world country, one of the former USSR republics; - Gradiated from the American University...
Columbia vs Dartmouth vs Cornell for I-Banking/S&T/Wall Street
Hi, I am a senior in high school and have recently been accepted to Columbia, Cornell, and Dartmouth. I am interested in investment banking/ trading /other wall street careers (early, I know) and was wondering which of the 3 schools would be best for my goals. How is finance recruiting at each of...
Columbia University vs. UChicago
Hi, I'm a senior in high school and recently got my college decisions. I got into the College at Columbia University and the University of Chicago and I need help deciding between the two! I'm interested in getting an IBD job or working in finance like everyone else, and possibly going to business...
Chances of getting into Columbia MBA program
Hello just wanted the forum's opinion one what my chances are to get into Columbia MBA program: Details: School - University of Delaware - Finance Major - MIS minor GPA - 3.57 Major GPA - 3.75 Dean's list all semester except 1 Granted academic awards / scholarships by school GMAT: 700 Mom's good...
Columbia Master of Financial Economics Interview
Have one coming up in the next week. It might be unlikely that anyone's had an interview yet, but if anyone has or just has any ideas of what to expect through other Columbia program interviews I'm all ears. This'll be my first grad interview ever with Vandy and Duke ones in the near future. Thanks...
New MFE program at Columbia
Hi all, I just heard that Columbia will start a new Master of Financial Economics this fall. Here is the link; http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/ms/financialeconomics The first round has passed and the second will end in April. Has any of you ever heard of this and how do you view this program? It's a...
Outside of Work Activities for Top MBA Program
I'm currently an associate in a middle market, commercial lending group of a super-regional bank. As I plan the next few years of my life, I'm wondering what type of things I should be doing outside of work in order to help my candidacy at a top MBA program. Ideally, I'd like to go to Columbia,...
Resume (MIT/Columbia non-target grad)
http://www.razume.com/documents/18433 I come from an entrepreneurial and academic background, but I've recently become interested in finance thanks to some friends who introduced me to the topic over winter break. Unfortunately, after looking at entry-level jobs, I don't seem to qualify for...
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