+132 Thoughts from a Stanford MBA and PE Associate 58 3d
+91 GF headed to MBA - making it work? 33 1d
+90 Would I be stupid to pass on Columbia (undergrad) 38 2d
+67 Extreme Misconception about Cornell on this sub lately. 42 1w
+66 Modern Alternatives to MBA 18 3w
+53 Which college (non target) should I go to for a Quant position at a MMHF pod 37 3w
+53 UC Berkeley (Haas) vs Cornell Dyson vs Columbia vs Dartmouth 21 1w
+49 MBA more of a scam than Catholic Church 10 3w
+46 Wharton Huntsman Program vs Yale vs Dartmouth 54 23h
+42 MSF Rankings 2024 34 1d
+33 SSE MAVFM vs. RSM F&I Master vs. Finance Master @ German universities 19 1w
+33 Can anyone find Alex Chu/MBAApply's post on alumni reunions (5 years out, 10 years out, etc)? 3 2w
+33 Umich Ross vs Rice vs Notre Dame Mendoza 17 4d
+31 Washu a target school now. 48 4h
+30 UK MSc Finance 42 3w
+29 Denied from Kelley. Where do I go from here? 15 2w
+29 What should be done to get into a good undergrad? 19 2w
+29 LSE BSc Economics vs Cambridge BA Economics 9 2d
+28 Should I take on 100k in loans to go to Emory? 32 2h
+28 Imperial College Finance Masters' 6 1d
+28 St Andrews vs LSE vs Middlebury 19 3d
+28 Succeeding at Penn CAS? 9 20h
+26 Harvard vs Princeton for undergrad 19 3w
+26 BC Carroll vs USC Marshall for finance 38 2w
+26 Target School Kids Stop Complaining 6 4d
+26 LSE MSc Finance vs Oxford MFE? 8 2d
+25 Dartmouth vs. Brown vs. UVA vs. Cornell 15 3w
+25 Is Brown University a Target School? 10 2w
+25 Oxbridge or Top 15 US School. 7 4d
+24 HEC Mim vs Bocconi Mfin (URGENT) 12 5d
+23 Help a high school senior decide his future 10 3w
+23 USC vs Emory 14 1w
+23 Got admission to ESCP MiM - now what? 14 1w
+23 UK business schools (below top 5) 10 1w
+23 SHOULD I DO THIS MINOR? 16 5d
+22 UCL Vs Warwick Vs Umass Amherst Vs UW Madison Vs UofT for undergrad 22 3d
+22 UK/EU MSc's in Finance 14 1h
+21 Bowdoin or Emory? 10 3w
+21 Bentley vs Babson vs RPI vs Siena 7 2w
+21 Clash of the MSFs, Georgetown vs Nova 9 1w
+20 Marshall vs Ross Undergrad 10 3w
+20 Imperial MSc Economics and Strategy for Business for London consulting? 12 6h
+19 Should I go to LBS? 13 3w
+19 Breaking into IB as an Indian 10 2w
+18 UChicago vs Georgetown vs Dartmouth vs UC Berkeley 14 3w
+18 Columbia Dual BA vs UCLA 4 4w
+18 Updated 2024 Consensus On Target Schools 10 3w
+18 US-> UK-> US 17 2w
+18 Is it impossible to break in to IB without a MBA? 3 2w
+18 ESCP MiF (2y) vs Imperial MSc F&A (1y) 10 23h
+17 First Year College Choice (Making The Best of a Bad Situation) 7 6d
+17 How good is Ivey? 9 2w
+17 Full-Ride at Nontarget or Full Price at Target? 9 1w
+17 Undergraduate Selection - UGA (Terry), PSU (Smeal), GT (Scheller), Howard, IU (Pre-Business, Kelley) 7 1w
+17 Why is Boston College CSOM praised so much here? 10 1w
+16 MBA for Investment Banking: UNC KF vs. Vanderbilt Owen ($) 4 2w
+16 EU Master's - Options (HELP PLZ) 13 3d
+16 MSc in Finance: apply to LSE for 2024, or work on a high GMAT score and apply to target schools in Europe for 2025? 3 4d
+16 UIUC MF or UCLA MFE 6 8h
+15 Help me decide Undergraduate Program (Princeton or Penn (Wharton) 6 3w
+15 Is Stockholm School of Economics a target for UK IB/MBB/Econ Consulting? 7 2w
+15 Has anyone ever seen a MSF success story? (US) 11 1d
+15 Barnard vs. UC Berkeley (L&S) 11 1w
+14 What relevant experience can a high school student get? 6 2w
+14 Accepted to MS in Commerce (McIntire), MS in Real Estate and Infrastructure (Johns Hopkins, [Waiting] MS in Finance (Georgetown) 8 2w
+14 Engineering vs Business degree? 7 3d
+14 Should I transfer out of a semi target school to a target school (UPenn, Dartmouth, Cornell Dyson, Duke, NU, Geogetown McDonough, UChicago, etc.) for a better chance of getting recruited as an international F-1 Visa student?  6 2d
+13 What School Would You Recommend For Me? (Investment Banking) 3 4w
+13 Columbia Dual BA @ Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) or UCLA for Investment Banking/Finance 5 4w
+13 Imperial College London MSc Finance Job Prospects 2 3w
+13 Is Cornell really that bad? 19 1w
+13 Paying for grad school 3 3w
+13 What is attendance like in UK Business Schools? Are there any hybrid thought masters programs? 5 2w
+13 Quant SWE wanting to move switch into ER - Is MBA right for me? 3 2w
+13 Who are the 'top students' from undergraduate? 2 2w
+13 MFin Cambridge vs MFin IE Spain 3 1w
+13 Help Me Choose - UVA or UCLA? 3 1w
+13 Emory, UVA, or Tufts 26 3d
+13 Need help deciding Master of Finance for Investment Banking 7 1d
+13 Application season was a disaster for me, need advice for which uni to attend. 1 3d
+13 Imperial Waitlist 5 1d
+12 Consulting/Banking in the EU - No hope without native level language fluency? 20 3w
+12 Leaving new job at BB in NY for Msc in Europe? 1 4w
+12 Help: BU Questrom vs. UIUC Gies vs. CMU Tepper vs. NYU CAS 5 3w
+12 Sports at University 1 3w
+12 Non-MBA Career Pivot into Investment Banking - Seeking Advice and Success Stories 1 3w
+12 Rotterdam School of Management vs Erasmus School of Economics vs ...CBS? 3 2w
+12 U Georgia vs Kelley 13 2w
+12 Chicago School Landscape? 5 5d
+12 ER vs. IB as Short-Term Goal on MBA Applications 3 1w
+12 Best Real Estate Masters / MBA for entrepreneurship 1 1w
+12 Indiana University Kelley School of Business vs Rutgers Business School for Corporate Finance 1 1w
+12 The Ultimate Debate - Cornell Dyson vs. Michigan Ross 7 1w
+12 St. Gallen vs CBS vs WU Vienna for Master in Finance 5 2h
+12 Realistically, how much of financial accounting do I need for IB? 1 4d
+12 Notre Dame or Fordham undergrad? 10 2d
+12 UC Berkeley Econ 4 20h
+11 UC Berkeley Haas vs UCLA Business Economics Undergrad 7 3w
+11 Wharton vs. Princeton Econ. 6 3w
+11 What changes do I have at getting in? 2 3w

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