<p>I’m in IM and headed towards B School this fall… I’m gunning for some other IM firms or Sales & Trading on the sell side.</p>
<p>As far as CFA or MBA… it depends on the firm. Some firms only hire college grads and others only hire MBAs. If you can do both… do it. If you had to choose 1, get a top MBA.</p>
<p>A CFA won’t really help you get into B school. But it can help in other ways… For instance if your quant portion on the GMAT is low… than a CFA can help offset that. But it would be much better to use the CFA study time to pursue some other activities/leadership roles outside of work because the CFA takes a chunk out of your free time.</p>