CFA to MBA like, corporate, addition, everyone, finance

shootingstar

Hi everyone!

I have just graduated in Finance and I am now working for a boutique in corporate finance. I have just passed CFA level 1 last June and I plan to enroll for level 2 next June. In some years, I would like to do a good MBA in order to work in consulting or PE
I would like to know how CFA could be usefull to break into good MBA?
I am 22 years old. So, in addition to my full time job (50h/week), I could do CFA level 2 in June 2012, CFA level3 in june 2013 and finally GMAT. What do you think? Is it too hard?

ohai

Thanks in advance

giants2010

hugo1906 Wrote:
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> I would like to know how CFA could be usefull to
> break into good MBA?

It won't be helpful. In fact you will probably be disappointed there's a decent # of people that won't know much about the CFA at all

RepoToronto

ChickenTikka Wrote:
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> Columbia admissions chick said to the Indian guy
> who asked that at the admissions session, "CFA
> Yeah, we don't care that much about that."
>
> In any case, I've finally solved it:
>
> Being Born Wealthy > Being Jewish or WASPY > Born
> Pretty > Top 5 MBA > CFA > Avg MBA > Born middle
> class > Born lower class > Born in crack house >
> Born middleclass in Asia and working in IT but
> looking to switch to buyside

Hope this helps.

laurab

Yeah the CFA thing is pretty much not that useful to the admissions people. They want unique snowflakes with massive gmats. Be a unique snowflake with a massive gmat.

former

what do you mean by snowflake? confused :0

jmh530

No two snowflakes are exactly the same.

I mean, have an interesting cool story/job,preferably a well paid one. There is no typical MBA profile with regards to job or qualification.

They want you to be interesting, successful, showing leadership, and have a big old GMAT. Notice I didn't mention any qualifications in that last sentence.

Dapper425

In fact, there was an article about the Harvard MBA class this year, and it's quite clear they intentionally accepted much less finance oriented people.

The industry is shrinking

krause2

iteracom Wrote:
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> The industry is shrinking

Thank god. I actually think the barriers to entry need to be higher, given the number of clearly unqualified people around. Today I literally got an email from some noob about software updates...clearly not my area. I still told him what to do, because I'm not a dick, but how the f is this guy working in any type of analytical capacity?

spreads

brain_wash_your_face Wrote:
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> iteracom Wrote:
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> > The industry is shrinking
>
Today I literally got
> an email from some noob about software
> updates...clearly not my area. I still told him
> what to do, because I'm not a dick, but how the f
> is this guy working in any type of analytical
> capacity?

You see, this is why the finance industry needs more IT guys from Bangalooru to switch to buy side. Then they can upgrade their own software.