Taking the CFA® Level 2 Exam right after college graduation?

Is it possible? I think I ran across a thread on here that stated that you could petition to take the CFA® 
Level 2 right after graduation? Is this true? Would in make sense to take Level 1 in June before senior year, or during December of your senior year, if it's true? Thanks for the help.

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Or working full time... I am studying now as well as working full time. I wish I would have starting this process while I was still in school. You will have to give up some social aspect of school to get the hours in to be prepared for the test but I think that is better than taking it when you have a full time job. Plus you are in study mode already and you have good habits. Its harder to study after a 12 hour day, trust me.

I say go for it. It will make you that much more marketable. Plus I trust if you are taking CFA in college you are a finance major.

 

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