To CFA or not ?

I am in my first year of a non-target B-School. I am really interested in Financial Modeling/Valuation/Financial Research in terms of academic interests and VC/PE/IB in terms of professional industry where I would like to see myself. But I haven't been able to decide whether to do my CFA or not while being in my college? Or should I do it while working in the industry and gauge its requirement then ?

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