Sending in the CFA Results to universities.

[babinu]

Hi Guys,

The CFA Level I results are out and I have passed . Now the question is how do you send these the universities and ask them to include this also in the application review ? I have sent emails to the universities, but just wanted to know whether anyone knows better here

Thanks
Babinu

 

[aaronhotchner]

A lot of colleges don't want to deal with revisions to submitted applications. If you indicated that you were sitting for CFA on your resume or otherwise, it's been noted; they don't really need to know that you passed.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Top of my head, I only know that UCB MFE requests applicants to take CFA L1. At most other programs, passing it won't significantly change the decision as MFE programs look at it as "nice to have" but not as important as knowing your C++, math, etc.

 

[Lin]

I agree with Andy, besides Passing CFA level 1 is not such a big deal..
I know how you feel..i was in the same position last year..was overjoyed at passing and sent a mail to all the adcoms...Cornell, CMU, UCB, etc.. They will add it to your file..but its really wont make a big diffrence..and its should't..
I passed level 2 but I am struggling with the MFE course work..all the math and programming can weigh you down...

So do something in C++, matlab, R, probability based calculus to impress them...

 

[babinu]

I agree with Andy, besides Passing CFA level 1 is not such a big deal..
I know how you feel..i was in the same position last year..was overjoyed at passing and sent a mail to all the adcoms...Cornell, CMU, UCB, etc.. They will add it to your file..but its really wont make a big diffrence..and its should't..
I passed level 2 but I am struggling with the MFE course work..all the math and programming can weigh you down...

So do something in C++, matlab, R, probability based calculus to impress them...

Thanks Lin and Andy, I know that CFA Level 1 may not have a big impact, but given my background (which is fairly technical), I believe this will show my knowledge of finance. I just wanted the universities to be updated about the same.

Thanks
Babinu

 

[AlexandreB]

it reminds me of an old joke:

You enter a room with 100 students, how do you know which one passed the cfa level 1?

He comes and tells you.

 

[darth]

Well this might be true for Canada as someone told me that CFA exam's are the national pastime in Canada but I dun think you can generalize this observation