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Schools: NYU Stern Class of 2012
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Concentration: Finance
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 Q48  V48
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Paul,

I'm facing a bit of a dilemma that I'd really appreciate your insight on. I just wrote the CFA Level 1 exam yesterday, and feel pretty good about my chances for getting a "Pass" result in 6 weeks. Fingers crossed. As you can tell from my profile above, I think it's fair to say leadership is the weakest section and needs the most work. I've done a lot of thinking over the last few months and decided I'd like to start my own non-profit teaching basic finance/money-management skills to youth in my community. It's something that I have a real interest in, not something I'd do just for B-school reasons. My problem is this - I don't think my work schedule would allow me to pursue the CFA Level II exam for June and start this little venture on the side. Assuming my ultimate short-term goal is MBA admission into a top Finance program, which route would you suggest?

Thanks again for your time!
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NickTW,

That's an easy one for me to answer: I think the extracurricular/community work is much more highly valued by schools than is the CFA designation. Your GMAT score tells them all they need to know about your MBA-related intellectual abilities, so the CFA's main value is in showing how interested you are in finance. But there are other ways of showing that. Schools value leadership above almost everything else, and the organization you want to start would certainly show leadership. So it gets my vote.

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I think we were on the same page with this one - thanks again for your advice Paul!
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