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ValkNo.

"Have a bachelor's (or equivalent) degree or be in the final year of your bachelor's degree program at the time of registration" - From the CFA program requirements (on their web page)

This guy sucks, he doesn't know what he's talking about.

There are ways around just "getting a bachelors" which I listed below:

Have a bachelor's (or equivalent) degree - or be in the final year of your bachelor's degree program at the time of registration - or have four years of qualified, professional work experience - or have a combination of work and college experience that totals at least four years

 
jwow101
ValkNo.

"Have a bachelor's (or equivalent) degree or be in the final year of your bachelor's degree program at the time of registration" - From the CFA program requirements (on their web page)

This guy sucks, he doesn't know what he's talking about.

There are ways around just "getting a bachelors" which I listed below:

Have a bachelor's (or equivalent) degree - or be in the final year of your bachelor's degree program at the time of registration - or have four years of qualified, professional work experience - or have a combination of work and college experience that totals at least four years

That is exactly what Valk just said. The guy asked if he could take it as college junior, and the answer is no.

 
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Chicago85
jwow101
ValkNo.

"Have a bachelor's (or equivalent) degree or be in the final year of your bachelor's degree program at the time of registration" - From the CFA program requirements (on their web page)

This guy sucks, he doesn't know what he's talking about.

There are ways around just "getting a bachelors" which I listed below:

Have a bachelor's (or equivalent) degree - or be in the final year of your bachelor's degree program at the time of registration - or have four years of qualified, professional work experience - or have a combination of work and college experience that totals at least four years

That is exactly what Valk just said. The guy asked if he could take it as college junior, and the answer is no.

Uhhh no?

I know a lot of kids who took years off before or during college and worked part-time. There's a sophomore in my class right now who is 28 and has two levels of the CFA down.

Just because you are a junior doesn't mean you dont meet the other requirements which the other poster failed to mention.

Long shot but the correct answer is you can

 

If it is on the CFA website why does someone need to ask this question? College students should know how to research.

"yeah, thats right" High-Five
 

I passed Level 1 last summer and finished my senior year in December. If ER Associate is your goal out of undergrad, I would strongly recommend taking this test. Obviously you have to pass it. Saying you are a Level 1 candidate is retarded.

To register for Level 2 you must have received your undergraduate degree.

 

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