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My Econ class was a repeat of my undergrad, footnote accounting didn't leave me any more certain about accounting or footnotes (it was pretty much a CFA repeat) and my Corp Fin class, though very well taught, was also largely a CFA review. Now, bear in mind that this would not be the case if I was a career switcher or hadn't done the CFA ...
Did she not read the syllabus for the courses she chose? Basic econ is basic econ. Take a harder course then. I don't know, I can't understand why someone would complain that she didn't learn a ton, but then sign up for classes that, anyone with a CFA, should be able to realize are going to be mostly review... It baffles me. Corp Finance is not a mandatory course. Footnote accounting isn't either.
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But, for example, I still have to take a stats course and it's hard to know whether to kill myself with a very advanced course which may have very limited practical value or to pay $4,500 for a review of my undergrad regressions course.
I don't think she knows what she wants... She says she wants to learn, but then debates taking review courses? Then complains that the courses weren't advanced enough to have learned something new? I don't get it.... If she didn't want to spend $4,500 dollars to review something, then she shouldn't...
I also really have to wonder how someone who is pursuing ANALYTIC FINANCE would consider an advanced stats course a waste.... What about financial time series analysis?
I actually liked her blog a lot in the past, but I'm baffled by this last post. You can pretty much take ANYTHING at the GSB first quarter - heck, I have a friend who even tried Fama's class... it just sounds like she didn't put a lot of thought into her course selection.