+136 2024 TARGET SCHOOL RANKINGS - OFFICIAL 86 9h
+72 NYU Stern is a Hellhole 43 2d
+58 Northwestern vs Georgetown 24 5d
+56 Easiest schools to recruit to ib from? 65 1w
+47 Wharton Huntsman Program vs Yale vs Dartmouth 54 2w
+37 Washu a target school now. 57 1w
+36 Succeeding at Penn CAS? 12 1w
+34 Princeton vs Stanford 23 2d
+33 Umich Ross vs Rice vs Notre Dame Mendoza 17 3w
+30 LSE BSc Economics vs Cambridge BA Economics 9 3w
+29 Imperial College Finance Masters' 6 2w
+28 St Andrews vs LSE vs Middlebury 19 3w
+28 LSE MSc Finance Employability? 10 2w
+28 Help me decide University of Richmond vs. Indiana University Bloomington - Undergrad 15 1w
+28 Erasmus University Rotterdam vs Copenhagen Business School 7 1d
+26 UK/EU MSc's in Finance 17 2w
+26 Target School Kids Stop Complaining 6 3w
+26 LSE MSc Finance vs Oxford MFE? 8 3w
+26 Incoming Freshman at Auburn looking for advice 21 1w
+25 Oxbridge or Top 15 US School. 7 3w
+22 Non-Target transferring into a target 6 1w
+20 Help! Should I borrow $30k from Prodigy Finance? 22 22h
+20 Smart guys… how do I ace the SAT? 25 13h
+19 Are Nottingham and Bristol still "solid" semi-targets? 11 5d
+18 ESCP MiF (2y) vs Imperial MSc F&A (1y) 10 2w
+18 ……………………..…………………….. 9 2w
+18 MBA / Lateral Recruitment | Interview Guidance 1 2w
+18 Why am I seeing so many wildly contradicting narratives regarding Georgetown MSF? What should I believe? 2 1w
+18 Got admitted to Bocconi, now what? 14 4d
+18 Over the Top Institutional Analysis vs. Old School Owners 1 3d
+18 Wharton vs. UChicago undergrad 20 3h
+17 Why is Boston College CSOM praised so much here? 10 4w
+17 Emory, UVA, or Tufts 31 1w
+17 Boston College Or Villanova 7 1w
+17 Rutgers Honors College vs Penn State 6 1w
+17 Xxx 18 1w
+17 BOCCONI AFC vs ESSEC MIM 15 17h
+17 Dug a hole for myself. Help needed 4 2d
+16 UIUC MF or UCLA MFE 6 2w
+16 UC Berkeley Econ 7 2w
+16 College Advice (NYU Stern vs. Northwestern) 10 1w
+16 MiM vs MiF for IB 6 1w
+15 Notre Dame or Fordham undergrad? 11 2w
+15 High school student unsure what field of finance he wants to go into 9 1w
+15 3.45 GPA at Non-Target - How likely is it that I break into IB out of school? 5 2w
+15 LSE vs. HEC - Master in Finance - HELP 8 5d
+15 FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT for Bachelors Degree 11 6d
+15 MA Economics Edinburgh university vs HPE(History politics and economics) UCL for getting into IB 3 1d
+14 Engineering vs Business degree? 7 3w
+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 3w
+14 Application season was a disaster for me, need advice for which uni to attend. 1 3w
+13 Help Me Choose - UVA or UCLA? 3 4w
+13 Need help deciding Master of Finance for Investment Banking 7 3w
+13 Imperial Waitlist 5 2w
+13 Western Ivey or Waterloo Finance + CS 3 1d
+12 HEC and LBS 12 2w
+12 Realistically, how much of financial accounting do I need for IB? 1 3w
+12 Vanderbilt ($$$) vs. Warwick ($) for Investment Banking 4 1w
+12 Advice for Incoming Freshman at UNC 9 1w
+12 Northeastern or Washu for better IB placement? 3 1w
+12 Cornell SHA or Emory 11 3h
+12 Bocconi, Erasmus and ICADE (Undergad - Target schools) 5 4d
+11 Is breaking into London easier from a UK strong Semi or a Europe Target? 13 3w
+11 Notre Dame or Imperial for Quant/Trading roles in the US 3 2w
+11 College Advice - Georgia Tech vs USC 5 2w
+11 SMU will be the next target school for IB for Texas and NYC 3 1w
+11 Should I bother applying to M7? Not the traditional tech/consulting/banking background 2 1w
+11 Is Warwick really a target for IB? 11 1d
+11 Yale SOM (NO $) vs NYU Stern (NO $) 1 4d
+10 ESCP MiM in London Opinions? 3 3w
+10 Is getting a $50,000 student loan to study (undergrad finance) at Bocconi worth it over studying for free at HKU (also finance)? 7 3w
+10 Warwick or Edinburgh Mfin 6 2w
+10 Western Ivey AEO or McGill Desautels 4 1w
+10 Erasmus University Rotterdam vs Copenhagen Business School 1 1w
+9 GMAT exam urgent help 0 3w
+9 HEC vs INSEAD MIM +(St. Gallen) 2 3w
+9 Colgate or Villanova 10 1w
+9 So...What Now? I got into my dream program, but I don't know what's next. (QCOM) 0 3w
+9 Just got into ivy league 10 3w
+9 berkeley vs amherst college 12 3w
+9 Should I transfer from my large midwestern public school to a target after freshman year of undergrad? 1 3w
+9 Which MSc program to choose 0 3w
+9 Need Advice on Which School to Attend to get a Job in High Finance 2 2w
+9 How to become a post MBA associate in London? 2 2w
+9 Advice on What program to choose? 3 2w
+9 UofT Rotman School of Management, Morning and Evening MBA (Part time) 0 2w
+9 Georgetown MSF vs. Villanova MSF 1 2w
+9 LSE MSc A&F for IB and PE recruitment 3 2w
+9 Latest age to apply for an MBA and go into IB (realistic) 1 2w
+9 MSc Finance - UCL or Kings 11 2w
+9 Vanderbilt vs. Warwick for Finance 1 2w
+9 School Decision 4 1w
+9 MBA fit ? 2 2w
+9 Joint VS Double major in Econ/Stat 3 2w
+9 Is it easier to land top positions form a semi target if the school is closer to where firms are located? 1 1w
+9 Bocconi BIEF vs. University of Amsterdam Data Science and Econometrics for Trading Career 3 1w
+9 TAS to IB, move to middle east, MSF, or lateral? 2 1w
+9 EMORY PLACEMENT & INFO 13 1d
+9 French VS German for IB/MBB 2 3d
+9 Any shot at M7 or T10? 1 1w

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