Advantages of CFA

marine1300
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:30:58 +0000

First off where did you attend undergraduate and Graduate. Passing the CFA will not help you enter the finance industry in itself. The CFA has basically two types of candidates. Those with no finance related experience whatsover who take it in the hopes of breaking into finance. And the superstar PMs and Invement managers who already work in the field and need the certification. It certainly won’t hurt your chances. The bigger challenge which your going to face is admission to a Top 10 MBA. Great Grades and superior GMATs won’t get you in. Having some type of differentiating experience which sets you apart from the thousands of other engineers applying will get you in. CFA passed but without the charter will not impress admissions committees. Anyway, you need to think of ways to differentiate yourself in the next two years to improve your CV. Get into a Top MBA and you will have a good chance at Banking.